AARON (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07263811 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-25
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£422.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of office and shop furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 31090Manufacture of other furniture
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.7y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
40 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £422,556
Net assets shrinking
Down £78,100 YoY
Cash YoY
-16%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£265k
↓ 16% YoY
Net Worth
£423k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£411k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£104k£208k£311k£415k£519kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£822.5k£945.7k
Current assets£410.8k£519.1k
Cash£265.2k£314.5k
Debtors£132.4k£184.0k
Net assets£422.6k£500.7k

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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-06-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-09-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2014-09-01
    ➕
    WARD, Neil Douglas appointed
    director
  19. 2012-06-01
    ➖
    WARD, Neil Douglas resigned
    director
  20. 2010-05-25
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    Company incorporated
    As AARON (UK) LIMITED
  21. 2010-05-25
    ➕
    WARD, Douglas Victor appointed
    director
  22. 2010-05-25
    ➕
    WARD, Neil Douglas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Neil Douglas Ward
Individual · British · DOB 02/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Douglas Victor Ward
Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2010-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31010 — Manufacture of office and shop furniture

Registered office

Waltham Business Park
Brickyard Road
Swanmore
Hampshire
SO32 2SA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

WARD, Douglas Victor→
director · ~77y · appointed 2010-05-25
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Active
WARD, Neil Douglas→
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-09-01
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Active
WARD, Neil Douglas→
director · ~48y · appointed 2010-05-25 · resigned 2012-06-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—03/09/2014—
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Recent filings (40 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-28