AIRBORN PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01761639 · ltd · incorporated 1983-10-14
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
114 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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  2. 2026-03-04
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  3. 2026-02-10
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  4. 2026-02-10
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  5. 2026-02-09
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  6. 2025-12-29
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  7. 2024-12-18
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  8. 2024-11-29
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  9. 2024-11-29
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  10. 2023-11-17
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  11. 2023-10-23
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    MARTIN, Judy Gordon, Lady resigned
    secretary
  12. 2023-10-23
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    MARTIN, Judy Gordon, Lady resigned
    director
  13. 2022-10-24
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  14. 2021-12-16
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  15. 2020-12-30
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  16. 2019-12-20
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  17. 2018-12-24
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  18. 2018-02-21
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    address · AD01
  19. 2017-12-21
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  20. 2016-03-08
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    MARTIN, George Henry, Sir resigned
    director
  21. 1999-03-22
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    MARTIN, Judy Gordon, Lady appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-03-22
    ➖
    MEYER, Janine Marjorie resigned
    secretary
  23. 1995-12-27
    ➕
    KITCHENER, Lucie Annabel appointed
    director
  24. 1995-12-27
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    MARTIN, Giles Henry appointed
    director
  25. 1994-11-07
    ➕
    MEYER, Janine Marjorie appointed
    secretary
  26. 1994-11-07
    ➖
    BAVINGTON CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1983-10-14
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRBORN PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Lucie Annabel Kitchener
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Giles Henry Martin
Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1983-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Auburn Mere, Woodlands
Oxhey Lane
Watford
WD19 5RE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

KITCHENER, Lucie Annabel→
director · ~59y · appointed 1995-12-27
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Active
MARTIN, Giles Henry→
director · ~57y · appointed 1995-12-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARTIN, Judy Gordon, Lady→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-22 · resigned 2023-10-23
Resigned
MEYER, Janine Marjorie→
secretary · appointed 1994-11-07 · resigned 1999-03-22
Resigned
BAVINGTON CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · resigned 1994-11-07
Resigned
MARTIN, George Henry, Sir→
director · ~100y · resigned 2016-03-08
Resigned
MARTIN, Judy Gordon, Lady→
director · ~98y · resigned 2023-10-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (114 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-05
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-24