A&E ENTERPRISE GROUP LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
10902950 · ltd · incorporated 2017-08-07
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
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£56.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £56,496
Cash YoY
+69%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£122k
↑ 69% YoY
Net Worth
£56k
↑ 199% YoY
Current Assets
£225k
↑ 108% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£57k-£417£56k£112k£169k£225kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£141.3k£-11.2k
Current assets£225.2k£108.4k
Cash£121.5k£71.9k
Debtors£33.7k£12.0k
Net assets£56.5k£-56.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-11
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  3. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-11-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-09-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-09-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-09-05
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    SMITH, Alexander David appointed
    director
  12. 2022-08-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2022-08-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2022-08-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2022-08-25
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    MCNICHOL, Emma resigned
    director
  16. 2022-06-14
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  17. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-08-17
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  21. 2020-08-17
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  22. 2018-06-18
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    SMITH, Lynne appointed
    director
  23. 2018-06-18
    ➕
    MCNICHOL, Emma appointed
    director
  24. 2018-06-18
    ➖
    MCNICHOL, Emma resigned
    director
  25. 2017-09-06
    ➖
    SMITH, Nigel David resigned
    director
  26. 2017-08-07
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    Company incorporated
    As A&E ENTERPRISE GROUP LTD
  27. 2017-08-07
    ➕
    MCNICHOL, Emma appointed
    director
  28. 2017-08-07
    ➕
    SMITH, Nigel David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SMITH, Alexander David (same surname) appointed 2022-09-05. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander David Smith
Individual · British · DOB 10/1993 · age 33
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/08/2022
Ms Lynne Smith
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/06/2018
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Miss Emma Mcnicholceased 26/08/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Miss Emma Mcnicholceased 18/06/2018· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
  • Mr Nigel David Smithceased 06/09/2017· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2017-08-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45320 — Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories

Registered office

Unit 3 New Road
Burgh Road Trading Estate
Skegness
Lincolnshire
PE24 4UF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-03
Last: 2025-06-19

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SMITH, Alexander David→
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Lynne→
director · ~64y · appointed 2018-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCNICHOL, Emma→
director · ~33y · appointed 2018-06-18 · resigned 2022-08-25
Resigned
MCNICHOL, Emma→
director · ~33y · appointed 2017-08-07 · resigned 2018-06-18
Resigned
SMITH, Nigel David→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-08-07 · resigned 2017-09-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-30