ACTIV-AIR AUTOMATION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01512387 · ltd · incorporated 1980-08-14
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.
🔒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
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
15 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 41.1y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 41.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
15 charges (15/15 with lender, 15/15 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
143 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 33 | 3500 |
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
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (60 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-02📄second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
- 2025-09-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-07-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-07-03🔓Charge satisfied #15
- 2024-07-03🔓Charge satisfied #14
- 2023-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-11-28📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-11-25📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-05-13📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-05-13📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-04-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-04-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-08📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-06➕BOWLER, Oliver James appointeddirector
- 2022-04-06➕DAVISON, Nicholas Eric appointeddirector
- 2022-04-01➖DAVISON, Noel Charles resigneddirector
- 2022-03-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-03-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-03-14➖LOWE, David Anthony resigneddirector
- 2018-12-01➖LOWE, David Anthony resignedsecretary
- 2003-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #13
- 2003-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #12
- 2003-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2003-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2003-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2003-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2003-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2003-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2003-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2003-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2003-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2003-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2003-08-30🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2003-04-29🔒Charge registered #15Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2003-03-20🔒Charge registered #14Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2001-11-01➕LOWE, David Anthony appointedsecretary
- 2001-10-31🔒Charge registered #13Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2001-08-31➖DAVISON, Jean Barbara resignedsecretary
- 1998-04-01➖DAVISON, Stanley Charles resigneddirector
- 1998-01-12🔒Charge registered #12Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
- 1998-01-12🔒Charge registered #11Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
- 1998-01-12🔒Charge registered #10Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
- 1997-05-12🔒Charge registered #9Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
Showing most recent 50 of 60 events
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DAVISON, Nicholas Eric (same surname) appointed 2022-04-06. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Russell Edward Davison Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Noel Charles Davison Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David Anthony Loweceased 14/03/2022· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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
Incorporated1980-08-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Registered office
Belmont House
Kimpton Rd
Sutton
Surrey
SM3 9TE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
BOWLER, Oliver James→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2022-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVISON, Nicholas Eric→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2022-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVISON, Jean Barbara→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2001-08-31
LOWE, David Anthony→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-11-01 · resigned 2018-12-01
DAVISON, Noel Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · resigned 2022-04-01
DAVISON, Stanley Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~99y · resigned 1998-04-01
LOWE, David Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 1997-04-06 · resigned 2022-03-14
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Mortgages & charges
15
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:15 of 15 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/04/2003 | 03/07/2024 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 20/03/2003 | 03/07/2024 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/10/2001 | 30/08/2003 | |
| satisfied | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | Debenture | 1 property | 12/01/1998 | 30/08/2003 | |
| satisfied | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/01/1998 | 30/08/2003 | |
| satisfied | The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland | Legal charge | 1 property | 12/01/1998 | 30/08/2003 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 12/05/1997 | 30/08/2003 | |
| satisfied | The Governor & the Company of the Bank of Ireland | Charge | 1 property | 01/06/1994 | 30/08/2003 | |
| satisfied | The Governor & the Company of the Bank of Ireland | Charge & negative pledge | 1 property | 01/06/1994 | 30/08/2003 | |
| satisfied | B I Commercial Finance B I Commercial Finance Limited | Charge and negative pledge | 1 property | 08/01/1993 | 30/08/2003 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 25/03/1991 | 30/08/2003 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 09/09/1988 | 30/08/2003 | |
| satisfied | B F Commercial Finance B F Commercial Finance Limited | Debenture | 1 property | 11/07/1988 | 30/08/2003 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 18/03/1988 | 30/08/2003 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 12/04/1985 | 30/08/2003 |
Recent filings (143 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
2025-10-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-07-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-28