AIRCRAFT CHARTERING SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02020724 · ltd · incorporated 1986-05-19
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 30.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 51102
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 51210SIC 51210
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 30.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (59/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
131 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2026-03-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-03-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-03-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-03-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-03-19➕ABDEL-KHALEK, Marwan appointeddirector
- 2026-03-19➕WILLIAMSON, Michael Frank appointeddirector
- 2026-03-19➖PALMER, Jeremy Francis resigneddirector
- 2025-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-02📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2025-07-02📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2025-07-02📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2024-06-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-15📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2024-06-15📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2024-06-15📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-22📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2023-08-22📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2023-08-22📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2023-08-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-21📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2022-07-21📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2018-02-06➕JENKINSON, Mark Robert appointedsecretary
- 2018-02-06➕EDWARDS, Simon Leonard Jonathan appointeddirector
- 2018-02-06➖HUGO, Gillian resignedsecretary
- 2018-02-06➖HUGO, Gillian resigneddirector
- 2018-02-06➖HUGO, Mark Adrian resigneddirector
- 2018-02-06➕PALMER, Jeremy Francis appointeddirector
- 2017-12-29🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1996-01-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1986-05-19🏢Company incorporatedAs AIRCRAFT CHARTERING SERVICES LIMITED
Owner dependency
65/100
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 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Hunt And Palmer Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Hunt And Palmer Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AIRCRAFT CHARTERING SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 02020724
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hunt And Palmer Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/02/2018 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Mark Adrian Hugoceased 06/02/2018· 50-75% shares
- Mrs Gillian Hugoceased 06/02/2018· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-05-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC51102 — SIC 51102
Registered office
1st Floor 25 Templer Avenue
Farnborough
GU14 6FE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26
Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)
JENKINSON, Mark Robert→
Activesecretary · appointed 2018-02-06
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ABDEL-KHALEK, Marwan→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2026-03-19
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EDWARDS, Simon Leonard Jonathan→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2018-02-06
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WILLIAMSON, Michael Frank→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2026-03-19
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HUGO, Gillian→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2018-02-06
HUGO, Gillian→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · resigned 2018-02-06
HUGO, Mark Adrian→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · resigned 2018-02-06
PALMER, Jeremy Francis→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2018-02-06 · resigned 2026-03-19
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Deposit agreement | 1 property | 10/01/1996 | 29/12/2017 |
Recent filings (131 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2025-07-24
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-07-02
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-07-02
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2024-06-15
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-06-15
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-06-15
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-06-15