AERIALS, SATELLITES AND CABLES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07800695 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-06
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46520
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.0y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
45 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-07-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2022-06-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-10➕CARTER, Susan Mary appointeddirector
- 2011-10-06🏢Company incorporatedAs AERIALS, SATELLITES AND CABLES LIMITED
- 2011-10-06➕CARTER, Frederick John appointeddirector
- 2011-10-06➕CARTER, Matthew John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Matthew John Carter Individual · British · DOB 07/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 30/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-10-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520
Registered office
Unit H1
Pathfields Business Park
South Molton
Devon
EX36 3FU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-18
Last: 2026-07-04
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
CARTER, Frederick John→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2011-10-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CARTER, Matthew John→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2011-10-06
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CARTER, Susan Mary→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2015-12-10
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/07/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (45 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31