AERODESIGN LTD

💤Zombieactive
03015864 · ltd · incorporated 1995-01-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£46.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £46,826
Cash YoY
+159%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£75k
↑ 159% YoY
Net Worth
£47k
↑ 195% YoY
Current Assets
£75k
↑ 159% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£15k£30k£45k£60k£75kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£46.8k£15.9k
Current assets£75.2k£29.0k
Cash£75.2k£29.0k
Net assets£46.8k£15.9k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-03
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2023-09-24
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  4. 2022-08-17
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  5. 2021-12-06
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  6. 2020-06-26
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  7. 2019-11-06
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  8. 2018-09-21
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  9. 2017-08-30
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  10. 2016-09-21
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  11. 2016-02-14
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  12. 2015-10-21
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  13. 2015-02-15
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  14. 2014-06-10
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  15. 1995-02-03
    ➕
    NILIAS, Marie Luce appointed
    secretary
  16. 1995-02-03
    ➕
    DENNISON, Roland Peter appointed
    director
  17. 1995-02-03
    ➖
    LEE, Marc Geoffrey resigned
    secretary
  18. 1995-02-03
    ➖
    HILL, Maurice John resigned
    director
  19. 1995-01-31
    ➕
    LEE, Marc Geoffrey appointed
    secretary
  20. 1995-01-31
    ➖
    ABC COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1995-01-31
    ➕
    HILL, Maurice John appointed
    director
  22. 1995-01-31
    ➖
    PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1995-01-30
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    Company incorporated
    As AERODESIGN LTD
  24. 1995-01-30
    ➕
    ABC COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1995-01-30
    ➕
    PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roland Peter Dennison
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Marie-Luce Nilias
Individual · French · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1995-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

1 Weston Crescent
Horfield
Bristol
BS7 8US

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

NILIAS, Marie Luce→
secretary · appointed 1995-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DENNISON, Roland Peter→
director · ~65y · appointed 1995-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEE, Marc Geoffrey→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-31 · resigned 1995-02-03
Resigned
ABC COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-01-30 · resigned 1995-01-31
Resigned
HILL, Maurice John→
director · ~75y · appointed 1995-01-31 · resigned 1995-02-03
Resigned
PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-01-30 · resigned 1995-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
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accounts · AA
2025-09-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
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accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
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accounts · AA
2022-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-11-06