A.A.K ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07216746 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-08
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£164.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (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 (73/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £164,301
Cash YoY
+212%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£218k
↑ 212% YoY
Net Worth
£164k
↑ 363% YoY
Current Assets
£352k
↑ 92% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£70k£141k£211k£281k£352kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£181.6k£59.8k
Current assets£351.6k£183.2k
Cash£217.5k£69.7k
Debtors£134.1k£113.5k
Net assets£164.3k£35.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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  2. 2026-01-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-01-26
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-02
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-19
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-11-08
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-24
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    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-10-21
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    WATSON, Karl Brandon resigned
    director
  10. 2022-07-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-07-29
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-07-29
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-07-29
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    address · AD01
  14. 2022-07-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  15. 2022-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-02-09
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-03
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2010-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As A.A.K ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS LTD
  20. 2010-04-08
    ➕
    KNOWLES, Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2010-04-08
    ➕
    O'HARA, Adrian Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2010-04-08
    ➕
    WATSON, Karl Brandon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)

Group structure

A.A.K Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A.A.K Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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A.A.K ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS LTD
This company · 07216746

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
A.A.K Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Karl Brandon Watsonceased 05/04/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Andrew Knowlesceased 31/03/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Adrian Michael O'Haraceased 31/03/2017· 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
Incorporated2010-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Glenewes House Gate Way Drive
Yeadon
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS19 7XY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KNOWLES, Andrew→
director · ~55y · appointed 2010-04-08
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Active
O'HARA, Adrian Michael→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATSON, Karl Brandon→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-04-08 · resigned 2022-10-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-29