AIR BUSINESS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01977067 · ltd · incorporated 1986-01-14

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 38.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Unlicenced Carrier

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 38.5y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 38.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

21 officers (7 active, 21 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

170 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand

2026-01-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-05
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officers · AP01
2025-03-05
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officers · AP01
2025-03-03
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IONS, Philip John appointed
director
2025-03-03
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MAGUIRE, Gina appointed
director
2024-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-10
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officers · AP01
2020-10-27
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NASH, Eleanor appointed
director
2020-07-31
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accounts · AA
2019-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-22
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officers · AP01
2019-07-15
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MCGRANE, Cyril Gerrard appointed
director
2019-06-07
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officers · TM01
2019-05-31
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KNIGHT, Patrick Laurence resigned
director
2019-05-13
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mortgage · MR01
2019-05-13
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2019-02-26
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officers · TM01
2019-02-21
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QUINN, Damian resigned
director
2019-01-23
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officers · CH01
2019-01-23
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officers · TM01
2019-01-10
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MCCORMICK, Brian Patrick resigned
director
2013-04-12
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2012-10-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2012-01-01
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KNIGHT, Patrick Laurence appointed
director
2011-05-13
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QUINN, Peter appointed
director
2011-02-28
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HARRINGTON, Declan resigned
director
2007-05-01
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HARRINGTON, Declan appointed
director
2007-05-01
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QUINN, Damian appointed
director
2007-02-01
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KICKHAM, Derek resigned
director
2004-12-20
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NEWCOMBE, Norman resigned
director
2004-11-03
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BYRNE, Ronan Patrick resigned
director
2004-10-15
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KICKHAM, Derek appointed
director
2004-04-08
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ROWLAND, Julian Manfred resigned
director
2004-04-07
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ROWLAND, Paul Gabriel resigned
director
2004-04-01
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SHERMAN, Adam Peter appointed
director
2003-12-23
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HARRIS, Lesley Ann resigned
director
2003-12-09
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IONS, Philip John appointed
secretary
2003-12-09
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FERNANDES, Donna resigned
secretary
2002-07-05
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BYRNE, Ronan Patrick appointed
director
2002-07-05
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MCCORMICK, Brian Patrick appointed
director
2002-07-05
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NEWCOMBE, Norman appointed
director
2001-09-24
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THOMPSON, Derek Peter William resigned
director
2000-01-16
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TANKARD, Anthony resigned
director
1998-03-24
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HARRIS, Lesley Ann appointed
director
1997-08-01
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THOMPSON, Derek Peter William appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

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An Post

Corporate parent · board control

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An Post (Ni) Ltd

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

ultimate parent

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AIR BUSINESS LIMITED

This company · 01977067

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
An Post (Ni) Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Peter Joseph Quinn Individual · Irish · DOB 01/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	16/01/2026
Mr Adam Peter Sherman Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	16/01/2026
An Post Corporate entity	—	—	board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence	06/06/2016

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

Incorporated1986-01-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC53202 — Unlicenced Carrier

Registered office

The Beacon

Mosquito Way

Hatfield

Hertfordshire

AL10 9WN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-01

Last: 2025-06-17