AIR MAX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02847340 · ltd · incorporated 1993-08-24
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (67/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-08-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-06-13
    HEWITT, Heather Mary appointed
    director
  17. 1993-08-31
    HEWITT, Heather Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 1993-08-31
    HEWITT, Neil Dennis appointed
    director
  19. 1993-08-31
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1993-08-31
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1993-08-24
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    Company incorporated
    As AIR MAX LIMITED
  22. 1993-08-24
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1993-08-24
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +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

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 68. 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 33 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-08-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

9 Talyfan Close
Cowbridge
CF71 7HT
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HEWITT, Heather Mary
secretary · appointed 1993-08-31
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Active
HEWITT, Heather Mary
director · ~57y · appointed 2011-06-13
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Active
HEWITT, Neil Dennis
director · ~68y · appointed 1993-08-31
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Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-08-24 · resigned 1993-08-31
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-08-24 · resigned 1993-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-14