AAWS HOLDINGS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11320289 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-20
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 98-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 98). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 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
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-04-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-02-13📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2019-02-12📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2019-02-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-07-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-07-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-06-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2018-04-20🏢Company incorporatedAs AAWS HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2018-04-20➕BUCHANAN, Andrew John appointedsecretary
- 2018-04-20➕SYMINGTON, Andrew Allan William appointeddirector
- 2018-04-20➕WILLIAMS, Frederick Brian appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 98 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 98 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Andrew Allan William Symington Individual · British · DOB 01/1953 · age 73 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 20/04/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Frederick Brian Williamsceased 11/05/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-04-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
Home Farm
Footherley Lane
Shenstone, Nr Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS14 0HQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BUCHANAN, Andrew John→
Activesecretary · appointed 2018-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SYMINGTON, Andrew Allan William→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2018-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILLIAMS, Frederick Brian→
Activedirector · ~98y · appointed 2018-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (26 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-03