AIR BEARINGS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

02788050 · ltd · incorporated 1993-02-09

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

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

£9.42M

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Machining

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

46 officers (5 active, 46 linked, 39 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

200 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Loss-making

Loss before tax £982,070

Revenue decline

Turnover down 30% YoY

Slipped into loss

Moved from profit to loss this year

Turnover YoY

-30%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Turnover	£9.42M	£13.41M
Gross profit	£898.1k	£2.92M
Operating profit	£-996.7k	£1.11M
Profit before tax	£-982.1k	£1.13M
Average employees	9000	9900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (108 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
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officers · AP01
2026-04-17
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officers · TM01
2026-04-01
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THANASSOULAS, Justyna Beata appointed
director
2026-03-31
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LLINAS, Miguel Mas resigned
director
2026-02-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-08-21
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accounts · AA
2025-07-31
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officers · CH01
2025-07-31
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officers · AP01
2025-07-30
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officers · AP01
2025-07-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-18
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INOMATA, Tetsuya appointed
director
2025-06-18
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KANO, Hisayoshi appointed
director
2025-06-18
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WATANABE, Takeshi resigned
director
2024-08-14
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accounts · AA
2024-02-09
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officers · AP01
2023-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
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officers · TM01
2023-12-01
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KANO, Hisayoshi resigned
director
2023-12-01
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WATANABE, Takeshi appointed
director
2023-10-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-01
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HAYASHI, Takehiko resigned
director
2023-09-01
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KANO, Hisayoshi appointed
director
2023-04-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-03-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-03-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-01
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HAYASHI, Takehiko appointed
director
2019-12-01
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KUMAKURA, Kenta resigned
director
2019-09-01
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KUMAKURA, Kenta appointed
director
2019-04-23
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TAMAMURA, Yoichi resigned
director
2019-02-01
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TAMAMURA, Yoichi appointed
director
2018-06-01
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SUZUKI, Nobuhiko appointed
director
2018-06-01
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UKAWA, Hiroshi resigned
director
2018-03-31
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KAWAMOTO, Takeshi resigned
director
2017-04-20
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SHIMIZU, Hideaki appointed
director
2017-04-20
➖
MATSUOKA, Noboru resigned
director
2017-04-20
➕
UKAWA, Hiroshi appointed
director
2017-04-20
➖
YAMAMOTO, Masakazu resigned
director
2015-12-15
➖
CLARKE, Susan Mary resigned
secretary
2015-08-01
➕
MATSUOKA, Noboru appointed
director
2015-08-01
➖
SUGIE, Kiyotaka, Mr. resigned
director
2015-04-01
➕
LLINAS, Miguel Mas appointed
director
2015-04-01
➖
SMITH, Jevan Miles, Mr. resigned
director
2014-12-01
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KAWAMOTO, Takeshi appointed
director
2014-11-30
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KONDO, Naotaka, Mr. resigned
director
2014-03-31
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HUGHES, Stuart John resigned
director
2013-11-14
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CLARKE, Susan Mary appointed
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 108 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Amada Co Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Amada Co Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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AIR BEARINGS LIMITED

This company · 02788050

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Amada Co Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/07/2025

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Taisuke Sasanumaceased 30/06/2025· significant influence
Lvm Gp Ltdceased 09/02/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

Incorporated1993-02-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

Unit A, Nimrod Way

East Dorset Trade Park

Ferndown

Dorset

BH21 7HZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-29

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-23

Last: 2026-02-09