AETHER COMPLIANCE LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10434373 · ltd · incorporated 2016-10-18
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 9.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-290.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.6y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £290,834
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£15k
Net Worth
-£291k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£969k
↑ 72% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-240.3k | £-309.5k |
| Current assets | £969.4k | £564.7k |
| Cash | £14.6k | — |
| Debtors | £860.5k | £510.4k |
| Net assets | £-290.8k | £-365.6k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-14📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-12-10📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-04-28✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2021-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-07-28📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-07-27📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2020-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-14📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-10-14🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-07-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-04-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-03-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-03-06🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Ultimate Finance LTD
- 2019-11-01➕TAYLOR, Michael James appointeddirector
- 2019-07-02➖LENNOX, Gerard James resigneddirector
- 2018-10-20➕WARDLE, Titus appointeddirector
- 2016-11-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Igf Invoice Finance Limited
- 2016-10-18🏢Company incorporatedAs AETHER COMPLIANCE LIMITED
- 2016-10-18➕LENNOX, Gerard James 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
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Titus Wardle Individual · British · DOB 08/1984 · age 42 | 50–75% | — | sig. influence50-75% shares · significant influence · firm interest | 31/10/2017 |
Mr Michael James Taylor Individual · British · DOB 04/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | — | sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence · firm interest | 01/11/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Gerard James Lennoxceased 01/11/2019· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 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
Incorporated2016-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100
Registered office
7 Bell Yard
London
WC2A 2JR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
TAYLOR, Michael James→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2019-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WARDLE, Titus→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2018-10-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LENNOX, Gerard James→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2016-10-18 · resigned 2019-07-02
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Ultimate Finance Ultimate Finance LTD | A registered charge | 1 property | 06/03/2020 | — | |
| satisfied | Igf Invoice Finance Igf Invoice Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 30/11/2016 | 14/10/2020 |
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Recent filings (40 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-12-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-07-26
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29