A.A.S VENTURES
🏛️Establishedactive
12692352 · private-unlimited · incorporated 2020-06-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£6.27M
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)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 (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £6,267,004
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£17k
Net Worth
£6.3m
Current Assets
£3.5m
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £12.76M |
| Current assets | £3.50M |
| Cash | £16.6k |
| Debtors | £3.48M |
| Net assets | £6.27M |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-02-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-02-19📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-02-17📄legacymiscellaneous · ANNOTATION
- 2025-02-14➖OCEAN TAX LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2020-09-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-08-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-08-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-08-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-06-23🏢Company incorporatedAs A.A.S VENTURES
- 2020-06-23➕PATEL, Arun Narottam appointeddirector
- 2020-06-23➕PATEL, Sangita appointeddirector
- 2020-06-23➕OCEAN TAX LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2020-06-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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 Arun Patel Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | — | board control25-50% shares · board control · trust interest | 10/07/2020 |
Mrs Sangita Patel Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest | 23/06/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeprivate-unlimited
Incorporated2020-06-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account
Registered office
1 C/O Seagrave French Llp
Unit 1, Poplars Court, Lenton Lane
Nottingham
NG7 2RR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: —
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-06
Last: 2025-06-22
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
PATEL, Arun Narottam→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2020-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PATEL, Sangita→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2020-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OCEAN TAX LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2020-06-23 · resigned 2025-02-14
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-02-19
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-09-08