AIR CARE PRODUCTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02602939 · ltd · incorporated 1991-04-18
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 30.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£152.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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
3 live charges · oldest 30.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.6 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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
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
89 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 £152,873
Net assets shrinking
Down £54,352 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£153k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£194k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £152.9k | £209.6k |
| Current assets | £193.6k | £172.4k |
| Net assets | £152.9k | £207.2k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-22➖GUINEA, Paul Richard resigneddirector
- 2024-10-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-10-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-22➖GUINEA, Lynette resigneddirector
- 2021-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-01-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2017-01-04➕GUINEA, Margaret Joan appointeddirector
- 2017-01-04➕GUINEA, Lynette appointeddirector
- 2016-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2012-09-13🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2002-08-20🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2002-08-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1995-12-28➕GUINEA, Peter Graham appointeddirector
- 1995-10-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1991-04-18🏢Company incorporatedAs AIR CARE PRODUCTS LIMITED
Owner dependency
91/100
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Margaret Joan Guinea Individual · British · DOB 03/1945 · age 81 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Peter Graham Guinea Individual · British · DOB 09/1945 · age 81 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 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
Incorporated1991-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290
Registered office
111 Gosbecks Road
Colchester
Essex
CO2 9JT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
GUINEA, Margaret Joan→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2017-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GUINEA, Peter Graham→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 1995-12-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GUINEA, Lynette→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2017-01-04 · resigned 2022-10-22
GUINEA, Paul Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · resigned 2024-10-22
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 20/08/2002 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 08/08/2002 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 31/10/1995 | 13/09/2012 |
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Recent filings (89 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11