AEL ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD
🌳Matureactive
09328226 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-26
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 8.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.1y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2300 | 2700 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
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 (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-06-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-04-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-30📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-11-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-11-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-01📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-11-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2018-05-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2014-11-26🏢Company incorporatedAs AEL ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD
- 2014-11-26➕WILLIS, Lee Trevor appointedsecretary
- 2014-11-26➕DUNN, Wayne appointeddirector
- 2014-11-26➕WILLIS, Lee Trevor appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Ael Group (Northern) Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
🏛️significant stake
Ael Group (Northern) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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AEL ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD
This company · 09328226
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ael Group (Northern) Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 18/04/2025 |
Mr Wayne Dunn Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Ael Systems Ltdceased 18/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Lee Trevor Willisceased 06/04/2016· 50-75% shares · significant influence · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A I ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LIMITED→ 15012482 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| A J W ENGINEERING LTD→ 05018819 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 22y | — | — |
| A. LEE PAVING LIMITED→ 06301518 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation
Registered office
Design House Unit 5 Leaside
Aycliffe Business Park
Newton Aycliffe
Co Durham
DL5 6HX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
WILLIS, Lee Trevor→
Activesecretary · appointed 2014-11-26
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Active
WILLIS, Lee Trevor→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2014-11-26
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/11/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 04/05/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (44 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-06-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-04-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-01