AEQUALIS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11502341 · ltd · incorporated 2018-08-06
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£3.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 69202Bookkeeping activities
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
16 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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £3,808
Net assets shrinking
Down £807 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£4k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.6k | £6.4k |
| Current assets | £6.0k | £6.8k |
| Net assets | £3.8k | £4.6k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-06🏢Company incorporatedAs AEQUALIS LIMITED
- 2018-08-06➕BUTTON, Paul appointeddirector
- 2018-08-06➕NORMAN, John Patrick appointeddirector
- 2018-08-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
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 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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 70 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
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr John Patrick Norman Individual · Welsh · DOB 02/1974 · age 52 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/08/2018 |
Mrs Sharon Elaine Norman Individual · Welsh · DOB 02/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/08/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| A. H. JONES LIMITED→ 04709225 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
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| AEGEAN LIMITED→ 14611736 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| AERIOGEN LTD→ 15357858 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AETERNFOX CONSULTING LTD→ 16808081 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| AFFERENT MEDICAL SOLUTIONS LTD→ 12126455 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AFFINITY EDUCATION LIMITED→ 06725742 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| AFON DESIGN LTD.→ 13107483 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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| AFRICA CENTRE FOR DEMOCRACY AND MEDIA (ACDEM) LIMITED→ 17125291 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-08-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
34 St. Isan Road
Cardiff
CF14 4LX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BUTTON, Paul→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2018-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NORMAN, John Patrick→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2018-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (16 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-09