ALFA AVIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03053938 · ltd · incorporated 1995-05-05
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 31.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Dormant / non-trading. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 31.1y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
Current Assets
£2
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-31
Total assets£2
Current assets£2
Net assets£2

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
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-13
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  3. 2025-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-09-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-09-22
    ➕
    WALKER, Anthony Philip Richard appointed
    director
  8. 2022-09-22
    ➕
    WALKER, Charles James appointed
    director
  9. 2022-09-20
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2022-09-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-09-19
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    WALKER, Barry Frederick resigned
    director
  12. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-08-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2001-01-30
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2001-01-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 1997-04-30
    ➕
    WALKER, Philip Barry appointed
    director
  22. 1997-04-30
    ➖
    FAIERS, Malcolm David resigned
    director
  23. 1997-04-30
    ➖
    PANTER, Susan resigned
    director
  24. 1997-04-30
    ➕
    WALKER, Barry Frederick appointed
    director
  25. 1997-04-28
    ➕
    WALKER, Philip Barry appointed
    secretary
  26. 1997-04-28
    ➖
    PANTER, Susan resigned
    secretary
  27. 1995-06-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  28. 1995-06-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  29. 1995-05-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ALFA AVIATION LIMITED
  30. 1995-05-05
    ➕
    PANTER, Susan appointed
    secretary
  31. 1995-05-05
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1995-05-05
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1995-05-05
    ➕
    FAIERS, Malcolm David appointed
    director
  34. 1995-05-05
    ➕
    PANTER, Susan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WALKER, Anthony Philip Richard (same surname) appointed 2022-09-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Barry Walker
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence05/05/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Barry Frederick Walkerceased 19/09/2022· 25-50% voting · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-05-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Eagle House
5 Long Street
Dursley
Gloucestershire
GL11 4HL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-19
Last: 2026-05-05

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

WALKER, Philip Barry→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, Anthony Philip Richard→
director · ~37y · appointed 2022-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, Charles James→
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WALKER, Philip Barry→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PANTER, Susan→
secretary · appointed 1995-05-05 · resigned 1997-04-28
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-05-05 · resigned 1995-05-05
Resigned
FAIERS, Malcolm David→
director · ~80y · appointed 1995-05-05 · resigned 1997-04-30
Resigned
PANTER, Susan→
director · ~80y · appointed 1995-05-05 · resigned 1997-04-30
Resigned
WALKER, Barry Frederick→
director · ~93y · appointed 1997-04-30 · resigned 2022-09-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property09/06/199530/01/2001
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property09/06/199530/01/2001

Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05