AER BEATHA LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
09594570 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-16
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£88.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -72% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £88,383
Net assets shrinking
Down £41,916 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 72% YoY
Cash YoY
-72%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£9k
↓ 72% YoY
Net Worth
£88k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£94k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-30 | 2024-05-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £783.5k | £776.4k |
| Current assets | £93.8k | £133.8k |
| Cash | £8.7k | £30.7k |
| Debtors | £85.0k | £103.1k |
| Net assets | £88.4k | £130.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-06-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-datepersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-04-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-24📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2018-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2015-05-16🏢Company incorporatedAs AER BEATHA LIMITED
- 2015-05-16➕FRIEL, Michael Christopher, Dr appointeddirector
Owner dependency
95/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr Nicole Ingleborg Wolf Individual · German · DOB 02/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Dr Michael Christopher Friel Individual · Irish · DOB 12/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Dr Michael Kaschkeceased 12/06/2019· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Active · Professional services · EC postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A GLOBAL RECRUITMENT LTD→ 16227673 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AG INT CONSULTING LTD→ 17112813 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AG LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→ 11996573 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AGCONSULTING EUROPE LIMITED→ 04376904 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
| AGENCY 12:12 LTD→ 16133052 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AGENSI LTD→ 10931450 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AGENTIC SERVICES LTD→ 16378111 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AGENTIXFLOW LTD→ 16636955 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AGFE GROUP LIMITED→ 06449765 · est 2007 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 18y | — | — |
| AGGREGATIS LIMITED→ 14266812 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AGILE BIOGAS ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LTD→ 16988445 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AGILE BIOREG LTD→ 11501098 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-05-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Registered office
341 Willoughby House Barbican
London
EC2Y 8BL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last: 2026-05-17
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
FRIEL, Michael Christopher, Dr→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2015-05-16
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Recent filings (28 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-06