A.E.T. PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07908625 · ltd · incorporated 2012-01-13

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

—

year to Jan 2025

Net worth

£-21.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

70/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

31 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

70/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £21,692

Cash YoY

+8174%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2k

↑ 8174% YoY

Net Worth

-£22k

↓ 125% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↓ 85% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£-21.7k	£-4.8k
Current assets	£3.1k	£20.3k
Cash	£1.6k	£19
Debtors	£1.5k	£18.3k
Net assets	£-21.7k	£-9.6k

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

filing

• 1 dissolution

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 dissolution
• 1 gazette

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 dissolution
• 1 gazette

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-05-15
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dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2026-04-28
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-06-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-10-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-02-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-02-01
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annual-return · AR01
2015-06-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2015-05-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2012-01-13
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Company incorporated
As A.E.T. PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICES LIMITED
2012-01-13
➕
RINGER, Duncan Robert appointed
director
2012-01-13
➕
RINGER, Gillian Amanda appointed
director

Owner dependency

79/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

54/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

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 14 years.

Red flags

1 high ·

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-01-27

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Duncan Robert Ringer Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Gillian Amanda Ringer Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59	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

Incorporated2012-01-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

9 Martingale Close

Upton

Poole

Dorset

BH16 5ST

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-01-27OVERDUE

Last: 2025-01-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RINGER, Duncan Robert→

director · ~60y · appointed 2012-01-13

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Active

RINGER, Gillian Amanda→

director · ~59y · appointed 2012-01-13

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Recent filings (31 total)

dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended

dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)

2026-05-15

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2026-04-28