AOS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12955904 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-16
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£898.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 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 £898,081
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£816k
↓ 5.8% YoY
Net Worth
£898k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£893k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £914.1k | £806.6k |
| Current assets | £893.5k | £893.8k |
| Cash | £816.0k | £866.6k |
| Debtors | £77.4k | £27.1k |
| Net assets | £898.1k | £806.1k |
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
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-17📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-16🏢Company incorporatedAs AOS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
- 2020-10-16➕BRETNALL, Julia appointedsecretary
- 2020-10-16➕BRETNALL, Christopher Charles appointeddirector
- 2020-10-16➕BRETNALL, Julia Caroline appointeddirector
- 2020-10-16📄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 65 — 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 65. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Julia Caroline Bretnall Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/10/2020 |
Mr Christopher Charles Bretnall Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 16/10/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts
Registered office
4 Blackmore Way
Wheathampstead
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
AL4 8LJ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
BRETNALL, Christopher Charles→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2020-10-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRETNALL, Julia Caroline→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2020-10-16
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Recent filings (13 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-10-16