AB & AR HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07930672 · ltd · incorporated 2012-01-31
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 Feb 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
49 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.

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£0Feb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-02-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-19
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2018-03-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-03-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-03-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2012-01-31
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    Company incorporated
    As AB & AR HOLDINGS LIMITED
  19. 2012-01-31
    ➕
    BRANN, Aaron David appointed
    director
  20. 2012-01-31
    ➕
    REEVES, Amanda Jayne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Amanda Jayne Reeves
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/11/2017
Mr Aaron David Brann
Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-01-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Sterling House
Concept Court Shearway Business Park
Folkestone
Kent
CT19 4RG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BRANN, Aaron David→
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-01-31
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Active
REEVES, Amanda Jayne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-01-31
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Active

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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22