AIME CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07280503 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-10

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-1.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings

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 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

43 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £1,523

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,710 YoY

Cash YoY

-23%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£15k

↓ 23% YoY

Net Worth

-£2k

↓ 914% YoY

Current Assets

£42k

↑ 2.0% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£15.5k	£26.0k
Current assets	£42.3k	£41.5k
Cash	£15.2k	£19.8k
Debtors	£26.4k	£21.2k
Net assets	£-1.5k	£187

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-06-03
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-07-14
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2011-03-11
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HOWES, Ian Michael appointed
director
2010-06-10
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Company incorporated
As AIME CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
2010-06-10
➕
HOWES, Adrian appointed
director
2010-06-10
➕
GRANT, Michele Sara appointed
secretary
2010-06-10
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GRANT, Michele Sara resigned
secretary
2010-06-10
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GRIMSON, Neil Bernard Stuart appointed
director
2010-06-10
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GRIMSON, Neil Bernard Stuart resigned
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Adrian Howes Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Ian Michael Howes Individual · British · DOB 09/1983 · age 43	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2010-06-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

Wren House

68 London Road

St Albans

Hertfordshire

AL1 1NG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-24

Last: 2026-06-10

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HOWES, Adrian→

director · ~60y · appointed 2010-06-10

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HOWES, Ian Michael→

director · ~43y · appointed 2011-03-11

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Active

GRANT, Michele Sara→

secretary · appointed 2010-06-10 · resigned 2010-06-10

Resigned

GRIMSON, Neil Bernard Stuart→

director · ~67y · appointed 2010-06-10 · resigned 2010-06-10

Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-07-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-06-03

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-06-02