AOCA (UK) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10618822 · ltd · incorporated 2017-02-14
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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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 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
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2023-12-31
Average employees0

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-02-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-05
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-08-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2018-02-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2018-02-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-02-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2017-02-14
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    Company incorporated
    As AOCA (UK) LIMITED
  18. 2017-02-14
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    BYRNE, Brian appointed
    director
  19. 2017-02-14
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    O'CONNELL, Aidan appointed
    director
  20. 2017-02-14
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    O'CONNELL, Philip appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.

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
Mr Aidan O'Connell
Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1965 · age 61
50–75%
—50-75% shares14/02/2017
Mr Philip O'Connell
Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1992 · age 34
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/02/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Brian Byrneceased 15/02/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2017-02-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Lynwood House
Crofton Road
Orpington
Kent
BR6 8QE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BYRNE, Brian→
director · ~57y · appointed 2017-02-14
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Active
O'CONNELL, Aidan→
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-02-14
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Active
O'CONNELL, Philip→
director · ~34y · appointed 2017-02-14
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Active

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Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-14