AERONAUTIQUE ASSOCIATES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07957793 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
37 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 accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-11-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-11-08➖HANNAN, Ross Mcdermid resigneddirector
- 2024-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-02-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2012-02-21🏢Company incorporatedAs AERONAUTIQUE ASSOCIATES LIMITED
- 2012-02-21➕DANIELS, Dewi appointeddirector
- 2012-02-21➕TUDOR, Nicholas James appointeddirector
- 2012-02-21➕HANNAN, Ross Mcdermid 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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Dewi Daniels Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Nicholas James Tudor Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ross Mcdermid Hannanceased 08/11/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities
Registered office
Fairfield 30f Bratton Road
West Ashton
Trowbridge
BA14 6AZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DANIELS, Dewi→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2012-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TUDOR, Nicholas James→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2012-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HANNAN, Ross Mcdermid→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2012-02-21 · resigned 2024-11-08
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Recent filings (37 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-21