A.E.V. LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01656178 · ltd · incorporated 1982-08-03
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
£8.58M
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20590
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 12 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (70/100).
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Refinance opportunity
17 live charges · 12 lenders · oldest 43.6y
25/100
too messy
Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 43.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 12 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (72/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
17 charges (17/17 with lender, 17/17 with type)
90
Directors & officers
20 officers (2 active, 20 linked, 15 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
195 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
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £486,486
Key financials
1 year 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 |
|---|---|
| Turnover | £8.58M |
| Gross profit | £3.13M |
| Operating profit | £614.9k |
| Profit before tax | £486.5k |
| Average employees | 3500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (86 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-05-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-23➕CARPINO, Gary Robert appointeddirector
- 2025-05-23➕REILLY, Ross Edward appointeddirector
- 2025-05-23➖KEMP, Jonathan James resigneddirector
- 2024-12-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-11-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-10-06➖FRIEDL, Natascha resigneddirector
- 2022-07-06📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2022-01-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-01-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-01-27🔓Charge satisfied #17
- 2022-01-27🔓Charge satisfied #15
- 2022-01-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-01-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-01-13➖FERRERA VAS, Hugo resigneddirector
- 2022-01-13➕FRIEDL, Natascha appointeddirector
- 2021-11-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-11-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-11-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2021-11-03🔓Charge satisfied #14
- 2021-11-01➖KEMP, Deborah Joy resignedsecretary
- 2021-11-01➖KEMP, Gregory Hunter resignedsecretary
- 2021-11-01➕FERRERA VAS, Hugo appointeddirector
- 2021-11-01➖GROSVENOR, Duncan resigneddirector
- 2021-11-01➖RAVENSCROFT, Christopher Alan resigneddirector
- 2020-06-26🔒Charge registered #17Lender: Proplend Security Limited
- 2019-12-12➖WINDER, Eileen resigneddirector
- 2018-09-01➕GROSVENOR, Duncan appointeddirector
- 2018-05-21🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2018-05-21🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2018-05-18🔒Charge registered #16Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2018-05-18🔒Charge registered #15Lender: Proplend Security Limited
- 2018-02-28➖HANDLER, Stewart resigneddirector
- 2017-04-03🔒Charge registered #14Lender: Npif Nw Debt LP Acting by North West Loans Npif Gp Limited as the Gneral Partner of Npif Nw Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Limited
- 2017-01-01➕HANDLER, Stewart appointeddirector
- 2017-01-01➕WINDER, Eileen appointeddirector
- 2016-12-31➖CRITCHLEY, Robert Peter resigneddirector
- 2016-10-14🔓Charge satisfied #13
- 2016-07-01➖TWEDDLE, Richard Charles resigneddirector
- 2012-12-07🔒Charge registered #13Lender: The North West Fundfor Business Loans LP
- 2011-08-25➕RAVENSCROFT, Christopher Alan appointeddirector
- 2010-06-08➕KEMP, Deborah Joy appointedsecretary
Showing most recent 50 of 86 events
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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Aev Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Aev Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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A.E.V. LIMITED
This company · 01656178
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aev Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/11/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Jonathan James Kempceased 01/11/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
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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6 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
Incorporated1982-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20590 — SIC 20590
Registered office
6 Marion Street
Birkenhead
Merseyside
CH41 6LT
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28
Officers (2 active · 18 resigned)
CARPINO, Gary Robert→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2025-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
REILLY, Ross Edward→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2025-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, George Edward Howard→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2007-08-21
KEMP, Deborah Joy→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-06-08 · resigned 2021-11-01
KEMP, Deborah Joy→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-10-15 · resigned 2010-06-07
KEMP, Gregory Hunter→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-06-06 · resigned 2021-11-01
KEMP, Gregory Hunter→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-04-04 · resigned 2010-06-07
CRITCHLEY, Robert Peter→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2006-01-01 · resigned 2016-12-31
FERRERA VAS, Hugo→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2021-11-01 · resigned 2022-01-13
FRIEDL, Natascha→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2022-01-13 · resigned 2022-10-06
GROSVENOR, Duncan→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2018-09-01 · resigned 2021-11-01
HANDLER, Stewart→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2017-01-01 · resigned 2018-02-28
JONES, George Edward Howard→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 2007-08-21
KEMP, George James Hunter→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · resigned 1997-12-17
KEMP, Gregory Hunter→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · resigned 2008-04-04
KEMP, Jonathan James→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 1998-06-01 · resigned 2025-05-23
OPENSHAW, Joyce Adrienne→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · resigned 1998-05-31
RAVENSCROFT, Christopher Alan→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · appointed 2011-08-25 · resigned 2021-11-01
TWEDDLE, Richard Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2006-01-01 · resigned 2016-07-01
WINDER, Eileen→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2017-01-01 · resigned 2019-12-12
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Mortgages & charges
17
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:17 of 17 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Proplend Security Proplend Security Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 26/06/2020 | 27/01/2022 | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 18/05/2018 | — | |
| satisfied | Proplend Security Proplend Security Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/05/2018 | 27/01/2022 | |
| satisfied | Npif Nw Debt LP Acting by North West Loans Npif Gp as the Gneral Partner of Npif Nw Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Npif Nw Debt LP Acting by North West Loans Npif Gp Limited as the Gneral Partner of Npif Nw Debt LP Acting by Fw Capital Limited | A registered charge | — | 03/04/2017 | 03/11/2021 | |
| satisfied | The North West Fundfor Business Loans LP | Debenture | 1 property | 07/12/2012 | 14/10/2016 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/03/2008 | 21/05/2018 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 18/12/2007 | 21/05/2018 | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 05/01/2007 | 19/07/2008 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 24/03/2003 | 16/04/2008 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 30/08/2002 | 16/04/2008 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD | Fixed charge on purchased debts which fail to vest | 1 property | 26/03/2001 | 16/04/2008 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 05/03/1999 | 16/04/2008 | |
| satisfied | George James Hunter Kemp and Linda Rosemary Kemp (As Trustees of the Kemp 1998 Discretionarytrust) | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 31/12/1998 | 16/04/2008 | |
| satisfied | Rhena Kathleen Coggins. | A legal charge. | 1 property | 30/07/1993 | 16/04/2008 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 05/06/1991 | 16/04/2008 | |
| satisfied | H & H Factors H & H Factors Limited | Fixed charge on book debts | 1 property | 01/09/1989 | 25/05/2001 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge | 1 property | 17/09/1982 | 16/04/2008 |
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Recent filings (195 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-10-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-08