AIR & LIQUID FILTRATION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00563608 · ltd · incorporated 1956-03-28
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
8 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 67.3y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 67.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 33/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
107 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 500 | 600 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-04-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-04-08📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-04-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-02➕BURMI, Amarjot Kaur appointeddirector
- 2025-04-02➕BURMI, Hardip Singh appointeddirector
- 2025-04-02➖DANKS, Roger, Mr. resignedsecretary
- 2025-04-02➖DANKS, Roger, Mr. resigneddirector
- 2025-04-02➖GIBBINS, Keith George resigneddirector
- 2025-04-02🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-04-02🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2024-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-07-28🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2020-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 1992-05-05🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 1992-05-05🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1991-11-11🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 1991-11-11🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 1991-11-11🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1991-10-04🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1986-10-24🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1985-12-10🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1984-04-04🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1980-04-23🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1959-03-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1956-03-28🏢Company incorporatedAs AIR & LIQUID FILTRATION LIMITED
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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
Custom Filtration Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Custom Filtration Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AIR & LIQUID FILTRATION LIMITED
This company · 00563608
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Custom Filtration Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 02/04/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr. Roger Danksceased 02/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Keith George Gibbinsceased 02/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| AMORE TRADING LTD→ 13149896 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1956-03-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
Long Meadow Works
Rowley Village
Rowley Regis Warley
West Midlands
B65 9EN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last: 2026-05-20
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
BURMI, Amarjot Kaur→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2025-04-02
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BURMI, Hardip Singh→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2025-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DANKS, Roger, Mr.→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2025-04-02
DANKS, Roger, Mr.→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · resigned 2025-04-02
GIBBINS, Keith George→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · resigned 2025-04-02
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Mortgages & charges
8
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/04/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/04/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 04/10/1991 | 28/07/2020 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 24/10/1986 | 11/11/1991 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge over all book debts. | 1 property | 10/12/1985 | 11/11/1991 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 04/04/1984 | 05/05/1992 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge | 1 property | 23/04/1980 | 11/11/1991 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Mortgage & charge | 1 property | 12/03/1959 | 05/05/1992 |
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Recent filings (107 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-10