AIRCRAFT AND GROUND LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02209652 · ltd · incorporated 1988-01-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£956.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52230
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -45% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
99 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £956,256
Cash draining
Cash down 45% YoY
Cash YoY
-45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£397k
↓ 45% YoY
Net Worth
£956k
↑ 5.0% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 3.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£210k£421k£631k£841k£1.1mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£958.5k£913.1k
Current assets£1.05M£1.02M
Cash£397.2k£716.7k
Debtors£574.5k£226.1k
Net assets£956.3k£910.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-12-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-08-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2025-08-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-08-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-08-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-01-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2020-01-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-01-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-03-05
    MOORE, Gordon Edward resigned
    director
  19. 1988-01-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRCRAFT AND GROUND LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Edward Moore
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1988-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52230 — SIC 52230

Registered office

The American Barns Banbury Road
Lighthorne
Warwick
Warwickshire
CV35 0AE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MOORE, Stephen Edward
secretary
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Active
MOORE, Stephen Edward
director · ~62y
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Active
MOORE, Gordon Edward
director · ~85y · resigned 2015-03-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (99 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12