AIMERS COFFEE AND TEA LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC242232 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-14
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10832
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46370Wholesale of coffee, tea, cocoa and spices
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 23.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
99 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.

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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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees262900

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01SH01
  2. 2025-12-04
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01SH01
  3. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-11-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2025-11-07
    ➖
    BLACKADDERS LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  6. 2025-10-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-08-20
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  8. 2025-06-25
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2024-11-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-05-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2023-05-08
    ➖
    MALLIN, Terry resigned
    director
  14. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-06-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-06-01
    ➕
    MALLIN, Terry appointed
    director
  18. 2021-02-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2021-02-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2021-02-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2020-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-05-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  23. 2020-05-04
    ➕
    SINCLAIR, Robert Fraser appointed
    director
  24. 2019-02-25
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  25. 2008-04-01
    ➖
    BLACKADDERS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2008-04-01
    ➕
    BLACKADDERS LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2005-12-02
    ➕
    ASTON, Christopher James appointed
    director
  28. 2003-04-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  29. 2003-04-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  30. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    DUNCAN, Eric David appointed
    director
  31. 2003-04-01
    ➖
    CLARK, Campbell John Scott resigned
    nominee-director
  32. 2003-01-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AIMERS COFFEE AND TEA LTD
  33. 2003-01-14
    ➕
    BLACKADDERS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2003-01-14
    ➕
    CLARK, Campbell John Scott appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Eric David Duncan
Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-01-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10832 — SIC 10832

Registered office

7 Faraday Street
Dundee
DD2 3QQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ASTON, Christopher James→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-12-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNCAN, Eric David→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SINCLAIR, Robert Fraser→
director · ~49y · appointed 2020-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLACKADDERS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-14 · resigned 2008-04-01
Resigned
BLACKADDERS LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-04-01 · resigned 2025-11-07
Resigned
CLARK, Campbell John Scott→
nominee-director · ~55y · appointed 2003-01-14 · resigned 2003-04-01
Resigned
MALLIN, Terry→
director · ~40y · appointed 2021-06-01 · resigned 2023-05-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge2 properties25/02/2019—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property23/04/2003—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property03/04/2003—
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Recent filings (99 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01SH01
2025-12-04
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01SH01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-15
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2025-08-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25