AAD HOLDINGS (EAST ANGLIA) LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
13644561 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-27
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒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
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
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
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-22➕STEAD, Emily appointedsecretary
- 2022-07-22📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2022-07-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-10-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-09-27🏢Company incorporatedAs AAD HOLDINGS (EAST ANGLIA) LIMITED
- 2021-09-27➕STEAD, Mark James appointeddirector
- 2021-09-27➕WATKINS, David Ian appointeddirector
- 2021-09-27📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Ian Watkins Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 27/09/2021 |
Mr Mark James Stead Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 27/09/2021 |
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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🔒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.
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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
Incorporated2021-09-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
The Green Building, Horham Airfield
Horham Road
Eye
Suffolk
IP21 5DQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
STEAD, Mark James→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2021-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WATKINS, David Ian→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2021-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (17 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-07-22
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07