AURORA POWDER COATINGS LTD
🌳Matureactive
07086656 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-25
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Treatment and coating of metals
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-11-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2012-07-31➖SYLVANUS-PEEK, Humphrey Traver resigneddirector
- 2009-11-25🏢Company incorporatedAs AURORA POWDER COATINGS LTD
- 2009-11-25➕MONTGOMERY, Andrew Barrington appointeddirector
- 2009-11-25➕MONTGOMERY, David Peter appointeddirector
- 2009-11-25➕CLIFFORD, Michael Anthony, Mr. appointeddirector
- 2009-11-25➖CLIFFORD, Michael Anthony, Mr. resigneddirector
- 2009-11-25➕SYLVANUS-PEEK, Humphrey Traver appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Andrew Barrington Montgomery Individual · British · DOB 01/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 25/11/2016 |
Mr David Peter Montgomery Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 25/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25610 — Treatment and coating of metals
Registered office
The Well House, 4
Herriard Park
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG25 2PL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
MONTGOMERY, Andrew Barrington→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2009-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MONTGOMERY, David Peter→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2009-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CLIFFORD, Michael Anthony, Mr.→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2009-11-25 · resigned 2009-11-25
SYLVANUS-PEEK, Humphrey Traver→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2009-11-25 · resigned 2012-07-31
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Recent filings (58 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-19