A & E CONSTRUCTION (WARWICKSHIRE) LIMITED

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07121453 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-11
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-407.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £407,237

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
Net Worth
-£407k
↓ 207% YoY
Current Assets
£241k
↑ 114% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£407k-£278k-£148k-£18k£112k£241kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£806.5k£-107.6k
Current assets£241.2k£112.9k
Cash£17.5k—
Debtors£223.7k—
Net assets£-407.2k£-132.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-02-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-02-14
    ➕
    ELLARD, Olga appointed
    director
  11. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2016-03-03
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    ELLARD, Olga resigned
    director
  18. 2010-01-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A & E CONSTRUCTION (WARWICKSHIRE) LIMITED
  19. 2010-01-11
    ➕
    ELLARD, Anthony appointed
    secretary
  20. 2010-01-11
    ➕
    ELLARD, Anthony Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2010-01-11
    ➕
    ELLARD, Olga appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Richard Ellard
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
—50–75%50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-01-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

13 Woodcote Road
Leamington Spa
CV32 6PZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ELLARD, Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2010-01-11
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Active
ELLARD, Anthony Richard→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-01-11
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Active
ELLARD, Olga→
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-02-14
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Active
ELLARD, Olga→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-01-11 · resigned 2016-03-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-02-27