AURORA BOOKS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC236236 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-02
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 23.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£68.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 23.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £68,833
Net assets shrinking
Down £426 YoY
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£5k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£69k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £68.8k | £69.3k |
| Current assets | £7.3k | £8.2k |
| Cash | £5.3k | £4.7k |
| Debtors | £2.0k | £3.5k |
| Net assets | £68.8k | £69.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-02-24🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2026-02-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2015-08-18📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2002-11-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2002-09-02🏢Company incorporatedAs AURORA BOOKS LIMITED
- 2002-09-02➕CHAMBERS, Annabel appointedsecretary
- 2002-09-02➕CHAMBERS, Annabel appointeddirector
- 2002-09-02➕CHAMBERS, Thomas James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
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 Thomas James Chambers Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 15/08/2016 |
Mrs Annabel Chambers Individual · British · DOB 08/1951 · age 75 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated2002-09-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
4 Denham Green Place
Edinburgh
EH5 3PB
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
CHAMBERS, Annabel→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2002-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CHAMBERS, Thomas James→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2002-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 29/11/2002 | 24/02/2026 |
Recent filings (61 total)
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-04