AEOLUS AERIAL PICTURES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10266085 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-06
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£9.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sound recording and music publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 60100Radio broadcasting
  • 60200Television programming and broadcasting activities
  • 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,607
Cash YoY
+59%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
↑ 59% YoY
Net Worth
£10k
↑ 241% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↑ 43% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£5k£10k£15k£21k£26kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£10.4k£3.1k
Current assets£25.6k£17.9k
Cash£13.9k£8.7k
Debtors£11.7k£9.2k
Net assets£9.6k£2.8k

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-08-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2019-08-01
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    RYLES, Anna Justyna appointed
    director
  10. 2018-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-12
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    accounts · AA01
  13. 2016-07-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AEOLUS AERIAL PICTURES LIMITED
  14. 2016-07-06
    ➕
    RYLES, Alex appointed
    director
  15. 2016-07-06
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alex Ryles
Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/07/2016

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
Incorporated2016-07-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59200 — Sound recording and music publishing activities

Registered office

1 Beaufort Avenue
Werrington
Stoke-On-Trent
Staffordshire
ST9 0NH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RYLES, Alex→
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-07-06
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Active
RYLES, Anna Justyna→
director · ~40y · appointed 2019-08-01
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Active

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-05