A.A.INVENTORIES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
07656211 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-02
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
37 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees600800

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
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-05-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-05-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2026-05-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2026-05-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-08-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-08-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-07-12
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-09-18
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-08-24
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-06-02
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    Company incorporated
    As A.A.INVENTORIES LTD.
  18. 2011-06-02
    ➕
    CHAPLIN, Alan appointed
    director
  19. 2011-06-02
    ➕
    CHAPLIN, Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 62. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Chaplin
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Anne Chaplin
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-06-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Unit 21 Horsleys Fields
King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 5DD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-16
Last: 2025-06-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHAPLIN, Alan→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-06-02
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Active
CHAPLIN, Anne→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-06-02
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Active

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Recent filings (37 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06