A1D EUROPE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08319380 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-05
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 May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18203
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active 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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees2200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2024-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-11
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  6. 2023-03-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-03-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-05
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  10. 2022-10-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-02-10
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-12
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  15. 2019-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-06
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  17. 2018-05-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2014-09-30
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    MRSIC, Oksana appointed
    director
  19. 2014-09-30
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    MRSIC, Bernad resigned
    director
  20. 2012-12-05
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    Company incorporated
    As A1D EUROPE LIMITED
  21. 2012-12-05
    ➕
    PANAYIS, Simon Panos appointed
    director
  22. 2012-12-05
    ➕
    MRSIC, Bernad appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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

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 Simon Panos Panayis
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Oksana Mrsic
Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Simon Panos Panayisceased 16/04/2016· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18203 — SIC 18203

Registered office

The Mille
1000 Great West Road
Brentford
Middlesex
TW8 9DW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MRSIC, Oksana→
director · ~53y · appointed 2014-09-30
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Active
PANAYIS, Simon Panos→
director · ~66y · appointed 2012-12-05
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Active
MRSIC, Bernad→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-12-05 · resigned 2014-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-12-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-10