A2OM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06917905 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-28
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-3.11M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Driving school activities
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.5y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £3,106,723

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£3.1m
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£3.1m-£3.1m-£3.1m-£3.1m-£3.1m-£3.1mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-2.31M£-2.36M
Debtors£50.0k£57.0k
Net assets£-3.11M£-3.10M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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  2. 2025-04-30
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  3. 2024-03-21
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  4. 2023-06-08
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  5. 2023-06-08
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  6. 2023-03-31
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  7. 2022-03-31
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  8. 2021-10-01
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  9. 2021-06-30
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  10. 2020-04-30
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  11. 2020-03-30
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  12. 2019-04-24
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  13. 2019-04-18
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  15. 2019-04-18
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  16. 2019-04-18
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  17. 2019-03-29
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  18. 2016-11-29
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    DANIELS, Nicholas Graham resigned
    director
  19. 2016-11-29
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    LADZEKPO, Mawuli Kwesi Eklenam resigned
    director
  20. 2016-11-29
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    MARKS, Stuart Adam resigned
    director
  21. 2016-01-01
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    DANIELS, Nicholas Graham appointed
    director
  22. 2016-01-01
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    LADZEKPO, Mawuli Kwesi Eklenam appointed
    director
  23. 2013-04-03
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    MARKS, Stuart Adam appointed
    director
  24. 2011-11-28
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    ELLERAY, David Roland resigned
    director
  25. 2011-01-01
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    DORN, Lisa, Dr resigned
    director
  26. 2010-05-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  27. 2009-11-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Dee Palmer T/a Palmer Property Investments
  28. 2009-07-13
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    ELLERAY, David Roland appointed
    director
  29. 2009-07-02
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    ROWLEY, Nicholas George Allan appointed
    director
  30. 2009-07-02
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    DORN, Lisa, Dr appointed
    director
  31. 2009-05-28
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    Company incorporated
    As A2OM INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  32. 2009-05-28
    ➕
    BAYNE, Andrew Alan Collingwood appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas George Rowley
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/12/2022
Mr Andrew Alan Collingwood Bayne
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Graham Clempsonceased 28/12/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-05-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities

Registered office

No 1, The Cranfield Innovation Centre
Cranfield University Technology Park
Cranfield
Bedfordshire
MK43 0BT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-11
Last: 2025-05-28

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BAYNE, Andrew Alan Collingwood→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROWLEY, Nicholas George Allan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DANIELS, Nicholas Graham→
director · ~39y · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2016-11-29
Resigned
DORN, Lisa, Dr→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-07-02 · resigned 2011-01-01
Resigned
ELLERAY, David Roland→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-07-13 · resigned 2011-11-28
Resigned
LADZEKPO, Mawuli Kwesi Eklenam→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2016-11-29
Resigned
MARKS, Stuart Adam→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-04-03 · resigned 2016-11-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property28/05/2010—
outstanding
Dee Palmer T/a Palmer Property Investments
Rent deposit deed1 property27/11/2009—
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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-29