AIRCARE FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01417916 · ltd · incorporated 1979-05-08
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 7.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£12.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 51210
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £12,131
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£257k
Net Worth
£12k
Current Assets
£388k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-07-31 | 2023-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £127.2k | — |
| Current assets | £387.7k | — |
| Cash | £257.1k | — |
| Debtors | £130.5k | — |
| Net assets | £12.1k | — |
| Average employees | — | 300 |
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
0
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-03-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2018-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-05📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-07-14📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2000-01-31➖SIBIA, Sukhdev Singh resigneddirector
- 1997-04-06➕SIBIA, Herinder Pal Singh appointeddirector
- 1997-04-06➕SIBIA, Satinder Singh appointeddirector
- 1979-05-08🏢Company incorporatedAs AIRCARE FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Arvinder Sibia Individual · British · DOB 10/1951 · age 75 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/08/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A K EXECUTIVE CHAUFFEURS LTD→ 16751725 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ADY VAL LTD→ 16575583 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AIR MARINE LIMITED→ 02883838 · est 1993 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 32y | — | — |
| AIRLINES BAGGAGE LIMITED→ 16275122 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AIRLINK EXP SERVICES LIMITED→ 16667301 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AIRPORT CARGO SERVICES LTD→ 16585933 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AIRPORT CHAUFFEUR SERVICES LTD→ 15576616 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AIRPORT COORDINATION LIMITED→ 02603583 · est 1991 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 34y | — | — |
| AIRPORT EXECUTIVE TRAVEL LIMITED→ 07812070 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| AIRPORT ONTIME LIMITED→ 08386713 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| AIRPORT PARKING XPERT LTD→ 16416987 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AIRPORT TRANSFER SERVICES UK LIMITED→ 15202447 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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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
Incorporated1979-05-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC51210 — SIC 51210
Registered office
37 Beavers Lane
Hounslow
Middx
TW4 6EH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last: 2025-06-14
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
Active
Active
SIBIA, Herinder Pal Singh→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 1997-04-06
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SIBIA, Satinder Singh→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 1997-04-06
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SIBIA, Sukhdev Singh→
Resigneddirector · ~96y · resigned 2000-01-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 21/03/2019 | — |
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Recent filings (90 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-03-25