AIRFAWN CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02320406 · ltd · incorporated 1988-11-22

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 11.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£142.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 11.0y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 11.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

97 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £142,649

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£143k

↑ 8.5% YoY

Current Assets

£202k

↑ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£152.7k	£144.4k
Current assets	£201.5k	£179.1k
Net assets	£142.6k	£131.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-11-03
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2025-01-07
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officers · AP01
2025-01-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-01
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CLIFFE, Liam appointed
director
2024-12-12
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accounts · AA
2023-12-28
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accounts · AA
2022-10-14
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accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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accounts · AA
2020-07-24
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accounts · AA
2019-07-12
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accounts · AA
2018-08-14
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accounts · AA
2017-07-04
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accounts · AA
2016-07-04
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accounts · AA
2016-01-12
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2015-06-10
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2015-06-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2005-05-09
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CLIFFE, Simon James appointed
director
2001-03-01
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CLIFFE, Andrew Alan appointed
director
1996-06-12
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CLIFFE, Mary Margaret Ruth appointed
director
1996-06-01
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JONES, Melvin Ronald resigned
director
1994-06-29
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BEVAN, Charles Edward resigned
director
1994-06-29
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JONES, Melvin Ronald appointed
director
1992-01-06
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BEVAN, Suzanne Simone resigned
secretary
1988-11-22
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Company incorporated
As AIRFAWN CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CLIFFE, Liam (same surname) appointed 2025-01-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Cliffe Individual · British · DOB 03/1979 · age 47	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	01/01/2025
Mr Simon Cliffe Individual · British · DOB 01/1978 · age 48	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	01/01/2025
Mr Alan Cliffe Individual · British · DOB 09/1950 · age 76	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated1988-11-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

30 Wedgwood Road

Cheadle

Stoke-On-Trent

Staffs

ST10 1LD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-17

Last: 2026-01-03