AIROFREEM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01668524 · ltd · incorporated 1982-09-30
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
17 officers (4 active, 17 linked, 15 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
133 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
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  2. 2025-05-09
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  3. 2025-04-30
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    POCOCK, Adrian resigned
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  4. 2024-11-25
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  5. 2024-01-03
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  6. 2023-01-03
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  7. 2022-02-28
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  8. 2021-12-17
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  9. 2021-12-07
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  10. 2021-12-07
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  11. 2021-04-17
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  12. 2020-01-03
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  13. 2018-12-21
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  14. 2017-12-21
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  15. 2017-06-28
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  16. 2017-01-07
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  17. 2016-06-23
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  18. 2016-05-27
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    DEEPROSE, Jeffrey Allan resigned
    director
  19. 2012-11-27
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    DEEPROSE, Jeffrey Allan appointed
    director
  20. 2009-12-31
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    GEARY-ANDREWS, Jeremy Stephen resigned
    director
  21. 2007-01-15
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    PATCHETT, Andrew resigned
    director
  22. 2006-12-11
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    GEARY-ANDREWS, Jeremy Stephen appointed
    director
  23. 2004-03-31
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    DALLAWAY, Tean Elizabeth appointed
    director
  24. 2004-03-31
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    ALSOP, Andrew John Rose resigned
    director
  25. 2002-07-17
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    YATES, Stephen Graham Warriner resigned
    director
  26. 2002-04-29
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    LISANTI, Antonio appointed
    director
  27. 2002-04-01
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    POCOCK, Adrian appointed
    director
  28. 2001-08-31
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    ZIEMNIAK, Peter Richard resigned
    director
  29. 2001-05-01
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    PATCHETT, Andrew appointed
    director
  30. 2000-12-02
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    ALFREY, Gordon William resigned
    director
  31. 2000-03-31
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    LEWIS, Jacqueline Ann appointed
    director
  32. 2000-03-31
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    ALFREY, Gordon William appointed
    director
  33. 2000-03-31
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    YATES, Stephen Graham Warriner appointed
    director
  34. 1997-08-20
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    PIERCE, John Edward resigned
    director
  35. 1997-08-20
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    ZIEMNIAK, Peter Richard appointed
    director
  36. 1996-04-29
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    DALLAWAY, Tean Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  37. 1996-04-29
    ➖
    NETLEY, Brian Malcolm resigned
    secretary
  38. 1996-04-29
    ➕
    ALSOP, Andrew John Rose appointed
    director
  39. 1996-04-29
    ➖
    NETLEY, Brian Malcolm resigned
    director
  40. 1995-04-01
    ➕
    NETLEY, Brian Malcolm appointed
    director
  41. 1995-04-01
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    YATES, John Graham Warriner resigned
    director
  42. 1994-04-01
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    PIERCE, John Edward appointed
    director
  43. 1994-03-31
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    COPPEL, Michael Leonard resigned
    director
  44. 1982-09-30
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    Company incorporated
    As AIROFREEM LIMITED

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Stewart Perloff
Individual · British · DOB 09/1944 · age 82
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-09-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Canal Road
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8RQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (4 active · 13 resigned)

DALLAWAY, Tean Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1996-04-29
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Active
DALLAWAY, Tean Elizabeth→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-03-31
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Active
LEWIS, Jacqueline Ann→
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-03-31
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Active
LISANTI, Antonio→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-04-29
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Active
NETLEY, Brian Malcolm→
secretary · resigned 1996-04-29
Resigned
ALFREY, Gordon William→
director · ~83y · appointed 2000-03-31 · resigned 2000-12-02
Resigned
ALSOP, Andrew John Rose→
director · ~69y · appointed 1996-04-29 · resigned 2004-03-31
Resigned
COPPEL, Michael Leonard→
director · ~95y · resigned 1994-03-31
Resigned
DEEPROSE, Jeffrey Allan→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-11-27 · resigned 2016-05-27
Resigned
GEARY-ANDREWS, Jeremy Stephen→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-12-11 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned
NETLEY, Brian Malcolm→
director · ~90y · appointed 1995-04-01 · resigned 1996-04-29
Resigned
PATCHETT, Andrew→
director · ~78y · appointed 2001-05-01 · resigned 2007-01-15
Resigned
PIERCE, John Edward→
director · ~83y · appointed 1994-04-01 · resigned 1997-08-20
Resigned
POCOCK, Adrian→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-04-01 · resigned 2025-04-30
Resigned
YATES, John Graham Warriner→
director · ~111y · resigned 1995-04-01
Resigned
YATES, Stephen Graham Warriner→
director · ~72y · appointed 2000-03-31 · resigned 2002-07-17
Resigned
ZIEMNIAK, Peter Richard→
director · ~73y · appointed 1997-08-20 · resigned 2001-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (133 total)

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2025-12-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
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officers · TM01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2024-01-03
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2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-17