AURA SMART HOME LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
14096555 · ltd · incorporated 2022-05-10
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 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (73/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
18 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
60
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.
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 | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £132.0k |
| Current assets | — | £1.74M |
| Cash | — | £16.4k |
| Debtors | — | £1.72M |
| Net assets | — | £132.0k |
| Average employees | 8 | — |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-15📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-05-14➕JOHNSON, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2024-02-23📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-07📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-05-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2023-05-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-05-10🏢Company incorporatedAs AURA SMART HOME LIMITED
- 2022-05-10➕AUERBACH, Joshua Daniel appointeddirector
- 2022-05-10📄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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- 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.)
🔒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
Incorporated2022-05-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47540 — Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
Registered office
14 Mannin Way
Lancaster
LA1 3SW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-23
Last: 2026-05-09
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
AUERBACH, Joshua Daniel→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2022-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JOHNSON, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2024-05-14
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Recent filings (18 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18