AARDVARK COMMERCIALS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12872293 · ltd · incorporated 2020-09-10
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 45112SIC 45112
- 77110Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
- 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.0y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2024-07-31 |
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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
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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 (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-12-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-06➖HELLINIKAKIS, Rick resigneddirector
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-05-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2021-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-09-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-09-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-09-09➕POOLE, Lawrence Edward appointeddirector
- 2020-09-10🏢Company incorporatedAs AARDVARK COMMERCIALS LTD
- 2020-09-10➕POOLE, Jacob William appointeddirector
- 2020-09-10➕HELLINIKAKIS, Rick appointeddirector
- 2020-09-10📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
66/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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 |
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Mr Lawrence Edward Poole Individual · English · DOB 01/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 09/09/2021 |
Mr Jacob William Poole Individual · British · DOB 04/1998 · age 28 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 10/09/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Rick Hellinikakisceased 06/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
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
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-09-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Registered office
The Quarry Dunchideock Barton
Dunchideock
Exeter
Devon
EX2 9UA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
POOLE, Jacob William→
Activedirector · ~28y · appointed 2020-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
POOLE, Lawrence Edward→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2021-09-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HELLINIKAKIS, Rick→
Resigneddirector · ~35y · appointed 2020-09-10 · resigned 2024-12-06
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 17/05/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-19