AIRTECH UK LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02300363 · ltd · incorporated 1988-09-27
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 25.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£132.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35300
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 25.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 25.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £132,774
Net assets shrinking
Down £21,571 YoY
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£98k
↓ 9.3% YoY
Net Worth
£133k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£607k
↑ 45% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £203.2k | £225.7k |
| Current assets | £606.8k | £419.7k |
| Cash | £98.2k | £108.2k |
| Debtors | £497.7k | £300.5k |
| Net assets | £132.8k | £154.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-06-30➖HEBBES, Derek John resigneddirector
- 2021-05-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-05-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-12-23➖COOPER, Ronald Stewart resigneddirector
- 2020-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-05➖WEBSTER, Melissa Catherine May resignedsecretary
- 2019-12-05➖WEBSTER, Melissa Catherine May resigneddirector
- 2019-12-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-12-05📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2011-04-06➕SWEETING, Leslie Paul appointeddirector
- 2004-03-08➕COOPER, Ronald Stewart appointeddirector
- 2001-05-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
- 1999-08-01➕HEBBES, Derek John appointeddirector
- 1995-05-29➖WEBSTER, Dorothy Margaret resignedsecretary
- 1995-05-29➕WEBSTER, Melissa Catherine May appointedsecretary
- 1995-05-29➖WEBSTER, Dorothy Margaret resigneddirector
- 1995-05-29➕WEBSTER, Melissa Catherine May appointeddirector
- 1992-01-30➕WEBSTER, Dorothy Margaret appointeddirector
- 1988-09-27🏢Company incorporatedAs AIRTECH UK LIMITED
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Peter David Webster Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/12/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-09-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300
Registered office
Unit 3a Pole Position
Bassetts Pole
Sutton Coldfield
West Midlands
B75 5SA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-02
Last: 2026-04-18
Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)
SWEETING, Leslie Paul→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2011-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WEBSTER, Dorothy Margaret→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1995-05-29
WEBSTER, Melissa Catherine May→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-05-29 · resigned 2019-12-05
COOPER, Ronald Stewart→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2004-03-08 · resigned 2020-12-23
HEBBES, Derek John→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 1999-08-01 · resigned 2021-06-30
WEBSTER, Dorothy Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 1992-01-30 · resigned 1995-05-29
WEBSTER, Melissa Catherine May→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 1995-05-29 · resigned 2019-12-05
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 16/05/2001 | — |
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Recent filings (104 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-04