AES DIGITAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09134790 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-17
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). 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
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£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-07-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-07-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-07-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2018-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2014-07-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AES DIGITAL LIMITED
  18. 2014-07-17
    ➕
    MOODY, Lesley appointed
    director
  19. 2014-07-17
    ➕
    TELFORD, Joseph Henry appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Lesley Moody
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares30/06/2016
Mr Joseph Henry Telford
Individual · British · DOB 01/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares29/06/2016

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
Incorporated2014-07-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Suite 9 Durham Tees Valley Business Centre
Orde Wingate Way
Stockton On Tees
TS19 0GD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MOODY, Lesley→
director · ~70y · appointed 2014-07-17
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Active
TELFORD, Joseph Henry→
director · ~75y · appointed 2014-07-17
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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-09