AIREDALE CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01149113 · ltd · incorporated 1973-12-04

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

68/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 20130

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 10 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (53/100).

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Refinance opportunity

22 live charges · 10 lenders · oldest 35.0y

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 35.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 10 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 53/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

22 charges (22/22 with lender, 22/22 with type)

Directors & officers

29 officers (6 active, 29 linked, 25 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

202 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

68/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £13,510,035

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£13.51M	£14.27M
Average employees	13700	12000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 11 officers
• 1 resolution
• 1 incorporation

Last 180 days

filings

• 11 officers
• 1 resolution
• 1 incorporation

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (101 events)Click to expand

2026-03-26
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-03-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-03-14
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-03-06
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-03-05
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-27
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BROWN, Thomas Edward appointed
secretary
2026-02-27
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ARGO, Russel Ian appointed
director
2026-02-27
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BROWN, Thomas Edward appointed
director
2026-02-27
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GRATTON, Martin appointed
director
2026-02-27
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THOMSON, Craig resigned
secretary
2026-02-27
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BEVAN, Adrian resigned
director
2026-02-27
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CHADWICK, Christopher John resigned
director
2026-02-27
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HELLIWELL, Marc Lloyd resigned
director
2026-02-27
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LEIGHTON, Martin resigned
director
2026-02-27
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MARR, Daniel George resigned
director
2025-09-10
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-09-10
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Charge satisfied #15
2025-08-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
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second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2024-11-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-08
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BEVAN, Adrian appointed
director
2024-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-22
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-02-22
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Charge satisfied #13
2024-02-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-01-23
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Charge satisfied #14
2024-01-01
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HELLIWELL, Marc Lloyd appointed
director
2023-12-21
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FOX, Daniel resigned
director
2023-12-21
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HOWELL, Anthony Joseph Mark resigned
director
2023-12-21
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WOLFF, Robert Mark resigned
director
2023-12-21
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Charge registered #22
Lender: Alter Domus Trustees (UK) Limited
2023-12-13
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Charge satisfied #16
2022-11-07
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WARD, Richard appointed
director
2022-01-22
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HALL, Brenda Malvina resigned
director
2020-12-22
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Charge registered #21
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2020-09-29
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Charge registered #20
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2020-05-27
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Charge registered #19
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2019-01-01
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HOWELL, Anthony Joseph Mark appointed
director
2019-01-01
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MARR, Daniel George appointed
director
2018-03-02
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CHADWICK, Richard Paul resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 101 events

Owner dependency

50/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

43/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

2 med · 1 low

6 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: THOMSON, Craig resigned 2026-02-27; BEVAN, Adrian resigned 2026-02-27; CHADWICK, Christopher John resigned 2026-02-27

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

8 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Airedale Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Airedale Group Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AIREDALE CHEMICAL COMPANY LIMITED

This company · 01149113

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
Airedale Group Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1973-12-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC20130 — SIC 20130

Registered office

Alpha House Lawnswood Business Park

Redvers Close

Leeds

LS16 6QY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31