AERO-TEK (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02762147 · ltd · incorporated 1992-11-05

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£1.77M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 32.4y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 32.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

99 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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 £1,765,833

Cash draining

Cash down 43% YoY

Cash YoY

-43%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£60k

↓ 43% YoY

Net Worth

£1.8m

~ YoY

Current Assets

£386k

↓ 20% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-27	2024-07-27
Total assets	£2.14M	£2.23M
Current assets	£386.0k	£483.4k
Cash	£59.8k	£104.9k
Debtors	£326.2k	£378.5k
Net assets	£1.77M	£1.75M

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-04-24
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2023-04-25
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2021-04-27
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2019-06-12
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2019-06-12
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2019-06-12
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-04-25
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2018-08-22
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2018-04-26
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accounts · AA01
2018-01-31
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gazette · DISS40
2017-11-11
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dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2015-01-16
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2015-01-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
2012-04-21
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Charge satisfied #2
2012-04-21
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Charge satisfied #1
1997-06-09
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
1994-01-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC,
1993-03-18
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DUNFORD, Paul Andrew appointed
secretary
1993-03-18
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DUNFORD, Jill Martine appointed
director
1993-03-18
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DUNFORD, Paul Andrew appointed
director
1993-03-18
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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1993-03-18
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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1992-11-05
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Company incorporated
As AERO-TEK (UK) LIMITED
1992-11-05
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-11-05
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

Critical — business is the founder

The 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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

clean

No 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Andrew Dunford Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1992-11-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Roseneath 263 Barnsley Road

Flockton

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF4 4AT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-27

Last made up to: 2025-07-27

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-19

Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DUNFORD, Paul Andrew→

secretary · appointed 1993-03-18

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Active

DUNFORD, Jill Martine→

director · ~58y · appointed 1993-03-18

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Active

DUNFORD, Paul Andrew→

director · ~63y · appointed 1993-03-18

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Active

YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-11-05 · resigned 1993-03-18

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-11-05 · resigned 1993-03-18

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	A registered charge	—	16/01/2015	—
outstanding	Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)	A registered charge	1 property	16/01/2015	—
satisfied	Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC	Legal mortgage	1 property	09/06/1997	21/04/2012
satisfied	Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC,	Legal charge,	1 property	27/01/1994	21/04/2012

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