AEROCARE GROUP (WARRINGTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08259974 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-18
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
£1.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). 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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,511

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£302£604£907£1k£2kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.5k£1.5k
Net assets£1.5k£1.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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    address · AD01
  4. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-17
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    HICKSON, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  7. 2022-06-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-08
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-03
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-11-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AEROCARE GROUP (WARRINGTON) LIMITED
  18. 2012-10-18
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    HICKSON, David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mr David Hickson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Jacqueline Hickson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68
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
Incorporated2012-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit H1 Taylor Business Park
Risley
Warrington
Cheshire
WA3 6BL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HICKSON, David→
director · ~71y · appointed 2012-10-18
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Active
HICKSON, Jacqueline→
director · ~68y · appointed 2022-06-17
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Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-31