AIRCRAFT ACCESS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02402935 · ltd · incorporated 1989-07-11
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£13.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £13,590
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£14k
↑ 182% YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £13.6k | £4.8k |
| Current assets | £38.0k | £46.1k |
| Net assets | £13.6k | £4.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-25📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-09-21📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-03-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-03-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-08-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-08-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-01➕MILLER, Deborah Lynn appointeddirector
- 2019-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-23📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AAMD
- 2018-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2013-04-30➖PORTER, Linda Stella resignedsecretary
- 2010-12-16➖ZGRAGGEN, Louis resigneddirector
- 1989-07-11🏢Company incorporatedAs AIRCRAFT ACCESS LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Deborah Lynn Miller Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 20/08/2020 |
Mr Timothy James Porter Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
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
Incorporated1989-07-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990
Registered office
Rubis House
15 Friarn Street
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 3LH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
MILLER, Deborah Lynn→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2020-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PORTER, Linda Stella→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2013-04-30
ZGRAGGEN, Louis→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 2010-12-16
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (94 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-09-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-03-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-08-28