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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£400
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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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 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
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
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£400£400
Cash£400£400
Net assets£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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-23
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-27
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  7. 2020-05-26
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  8. 2019-05-20
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-21
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  10. 2017-05-17
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  11. 2016-06-22
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  12. 2016-02-01
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  13. 2015-05-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-03-06
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-06-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-05-07
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-07-12
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    BACKHOUSE, Michael appointed
    director
  18. 2011-07-12
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    IRVINE, Terence appointed
    director
  19. 2011-07-12
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    FLANAGAN, John Paul resigned
    director
  20. 2011-07-12
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    ROLLITS COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2011-05-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AEF (MALTON) LIMITED
  22. 2011-05-17
    ➕
    FLANAGAN, John Paul appointed
    director
  23. 2011-05-17
    ➕
    ROLLITS COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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.
  • 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: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last: 2025-05-17

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 (40 total)

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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
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-20