AECLIPSE LTD

🌳Matureactive
09075706 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-06
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-1.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
34 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,839
Cash YoY
+353%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↑ 353% YoY
Net Worth
-£2k
↑ 72% YoY
Current Assets
£33k
↑ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£7k£1k£9k£17k£25k£33kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-1.8k£-6.6k
Current assets£33.2k£26.5k
Cash£8.6k£1.9k
Debtors£24.6k£24.6k
Net assets£-1.8k£-6.6k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-05-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  9. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2016-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2015-07-01
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    FOREMAN, Timothy Matthew appointed
    director
  18. 2015-07-01
    ➕
    OGILVIE, Nicholas Edward appointed
    director
  19. 2014-06-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AECLIPSE LTD
  20. 2014-06-06
    ➕
    AVERY, Peter Neil appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Timothy Matthew Foreman
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/05/2024
Mr Nicholas Edward Ogilvie
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/05/2024
Mr Peter Neil Avery
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares20/05/2017

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
Incorporated2014-06-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

C/O Djh Chester City Military House
24 Castle Street
Chester
CH1 2DS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

AVERY, Peter Neil→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FOREMAN, Timothy Matthew→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OGILVIE, Nicholas Edward→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2021-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-28