AEON SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
04011897 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-09
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£10.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,634
Net assets shrinking
Down £22,307 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£11k
↓ 68% YoY
Current Assets
£33k
↓ 8.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£7k£15k£22k£29k£36kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£11.2k£33.5k
Current assets£33.3k£36.5k
Net assets£10.6k£32.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-17
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  2. 2025-02-19
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  3. 2024-02-13
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  4. 2023-02-10
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  5. 2022-02-24
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  6. 2021-03-18
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  7. 2019-10-18
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  8. 2019-03-06
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  9. 2018-03-27
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  10. 2017-02-28
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  11. 2016-06-14
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  12. 2016-02-25
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  13. 2015-06-30
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  14. 2015-02-23
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  15. 2014-06-10
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  16. 2014-02-25
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  17. 2000-06-09
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    Company incorporated
    As AEON SERVICES LTD
  18. 2000-06-09
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    DAWN, Elizabeth Ann appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-06-09
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    DAWN, Alan Thomas appointed
    director
  20. 2000-06-09
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    DAWN, Elizabeth Ann appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Thomas Dawn
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2017
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Dawn
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Charlton House
32 High Street
Cullompton
Devon
EX15 1AE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-23
Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DAWN, Elizabeth Ann→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-09
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DAWN, Alan Thomas→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-06-09
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DAWN, Elizabeth Ann→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-06-09
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Recent filings (57 total)

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2026-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-06