CONFEDERATION OF AERIAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02446678 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1989-11-27

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 19.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of professional membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

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. 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.8y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 19.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

73 officers (12 active, 73 linked, 72 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

267 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	800	700

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (146 events)Click to expand

2026-02-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-03
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-29
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LITTLE, Simon Peter resigned
director
2024-11-28
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PATEL, Milan appointed
director
2024-11-28
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JOHNSTON, Piers Andrew resigned
director
2024-11-28
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KENYON, Mark Jason resigned
director
2024-11-28
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LITTLE, Simon Peter appointed
director
2024-11-28
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TURTON, Daniel Benbridge resigned
director
2024-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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MACLEOD, Russell John resigned
director
2024-03-28
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-01-09
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-12-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-14
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COOPER, David appointed
director
2023-12-14
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MILES, Jack Gary appointed
director
2023-12-14
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O'SULLIVAN, Martyn Andrew appointed
director
2023-12-14
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OLIVER, Scott appointed
director
2023-12-14
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ATHERTON, Stephen William resigned
director
2023-12-14
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EVANS, Nicholas Benjamin resigned
director
2023-12-14
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VOSS, Jamie resigned
director
2023-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
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DOWNES, Michael Leonard resigned
director
2022-11-24
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EDGINTON, Peter William appointed
director
2022-11-24
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KENYON, Mark Jason appointed
director
2022-11-24
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WEBSTER, Roger Frank resigned
director
2022-02-24
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GRAY, Simon resigned
director
2021-11-25
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JOHNSTON, Piers Andrew appointed
director
2021-11-25
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MACLEOD, Russell John appointed
director
2021-11-25
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TURTON, Daniel Benbridge appointed
director
2021-07-24
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CHANDLER, Michael John resigned
director
2020-11-26
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TREIBER, Jan Ulrich resigned
director
2019-12-03
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SEALEY, Peter John appointed
director
2019-12-03
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DOWNES, Michael Leonard appointed
director
2019-12-03
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EVANS, Nicholas Benjamin appointed
director

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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

-11 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — OLIVER, Scott (same surname) appointed 2023-12-14. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1989-11-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94120 — Activities of professional membership organisations

Registered office

Imex Centre 579-599 Maxted Road

Hemel Hempstead Industrial Estate

Hemel Hempstead

Hertfordshire

HP2 7DX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-04

Last: 2025-11-20