AEF (MALTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07637323 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-17
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£400
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
42 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £400
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£400
~ YoY
Net Worth
£400
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£80£160£240£320£400Aug 2023Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£400£400£400
Cash£400£400£400
Net assets£400£400£400

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-02-01
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-05-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-07-12
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    BACKHOUSE, Michael appointed
    director
  17. 2011-07-12
    ➕
    IRVINE, Terence appointed
    director
  18. 2011-07-12
    ➖
    FLANAGAN, John Paul resigned
    director
  19. 2011-07-12
    ➖
    ROLLITS COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  20. 2011-05-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AEF (MALTON) LIMITED
  21. 2011-05-17
    ➕
    FLANAGAN, John Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2011-05-17
    ➕
    ROLLITS COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 79 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-05-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64921 — Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors

Registered office

11 Regent Street
Pocklington
York
YO42 2QN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-27
Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BACKHOUSE, Michael→
director · ~70y · appointed 2011-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IRVINE, Terence→
director · ~79y · appointed 2011-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLANAGAN, John Paul→
director · ~46y · appointed 2011-05-17 · resigned 2011-07-12
Resigned
ROLLITS COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2011-05-17 · resigned 2011-07-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-20