AIR AND GROUND AVIATION LIMITED

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03161248 · ltd · incorporated 1996-02-19
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.27M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 23.5y

15/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (1 active, 16 linked, 10 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
117 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,267,161
Cash draining
Cash down 96% YoY
Cash YoY
-96%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
↓ 96% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.8m
↓ 9.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£389k£778k£1.2m£1.6m£1.9mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.27M£1.40M
Current assets£1.77M£1.94M
Cash£7.3k£169.8k
Debtors£58.5k£32.1k
Net assets£1.27M£1.26M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-27
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  2. 2024-09-03
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  3. 2023-08-14
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  4. 2022-08-26
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  5. 2021-08-31
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  6. 2021-04-28
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  7. 2021-03-31
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Ldf Finance No.3 Limited
  8. 2021-03-09
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  9. 2020-10-12
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  10. 2020-07-22
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  11. 2020-02-25
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  12. 2019-11-29
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  13. 2019-09-27
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  14. 2018-12-20
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  15. 2018-09-27
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  16. 2017-12-22
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  17. 2017-09-27
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  18. 2016-05-26
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    POWELL, Matthew resigned
    director
  19. 2016-05-26
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    POWELL, Matthew resigned
    director
  20. 2016-04-28
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    MCCUTCHEON, Ian Andrew John resigned
    director
  21. 2016-04-27
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    MCCUTCHEON, Ian Andrew John appointed
    director
  22. 2015-07-31
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    LUCKETT, Victoria resigned
    secretary
  23. 2014-09-16
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    FOSTER, John Simon resigned
    director
  24. 2014-01-31
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    ETCHES, Timothy James resigned
    director
  25. 2014-01-28
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    Charge satisfied #3
  26. 2013-09-27
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    Charge satisfied #2
  27. 2013-09-01
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    FOSTER, John Simon appointed
    director
  28. 2013-06-26
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    HOWARD, Samantha Victoria resigned
    secretary
  29. 2013-06-26
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    LUCKETT, Victoria appointed
    secretary
  30. 2013-01-08
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    POWELL, Matthew appointed
    director
  31. 2013-01-08
    ➕
    POWELL, Matthew appointed
    director
  32. 2012-10-08
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    ETCHES, Timothy James appointed
    director
  33. 2010-12-09
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
  34. 2009-08-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
  35. 2007-02-28
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    HOWARD, Samantha Victoria resigned
    director
  36. 2005-04-06
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    HOWARD, Samantha Victoria appointed
    director
  37. 2003-01-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  38. 2001-06-02
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    DODDS, Deborah Marie resigned
    secretary
  39. 2001-06-02
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    HOWARD, Samantha Victoria appointed
    secretary
  40. 1999-11-12
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    CHELL, William Paul resigned
    director
  41. 1999-03-01
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    CHELL, Brenda Evelyn resigned
    secretary
  42. 1999-03-01
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    DODDS, Deborah Marie appointed
    secretary
  43. 1999-02-28
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    DODDS, Ian William Hamilton appointed
    director
  44. 1996-03-31
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    CHELL, Brenda Evelyn appointed
    secretary
  45. 1996-03-31
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    DODDS, Ian William Hamilton resigned
    secretary
  46. 1996-03-31
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    DODDS, Ian William Hamilton resigned
    director
  47. 1996-02-19
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    Company incorporated
    As AIR AND GROUND AVIATION LIMITED
  48. 1996-02-19
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    DODDS, Ian William Hamilton appointed
    secretary
  49. 1996-02-19
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  50. 1996-02-19
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
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Owner dependency

93/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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.)

Group structure

Air And Ground Aviation Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Air And Ground Aviation Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AIR AND GROUND AVIATION LIMITED
This company · 03161248

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Air And Ground Aviation Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/06/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ian William Hamilton Doddsceased 28/06/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Aviation House
London Road
Shirleywich
Staffordshire
ST18 0PN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (1 active · 15 resigned)

DODDS, Ian William Hamilton→
director · ~59y · appointed 1999-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHELL, Brenda Evelyn→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-31 · resigned 1999-03-01
Resigned
DODDS, Deborah Marie→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-01 · resigned 2001-06-02
Resigned
DODDS, Ian William Hamilton→
secretary · appointed 1996-02-19 · resigned 1996-03-31
Resigned
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-02-19 · resigned 1996-02-19
Resigned
HOWARD, Samantha Victoria→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-02 · resigned 2013-06-26
Resigned
LUCKETT, Victoria→
secretary · appointed 2013-06-26 · resigned 2015-07-31
Resigned
CHELL, William Paul→
director · ~75y · appointed 1996-02-19 · resigned 1999-11-12
Resigned
DODDS, Ian William Hamilton→
director · ~59y · appointed 1996-02-19 · resigned 1996-03-31
Resigned
ETCHES, Timothy James→
director · ~61y · appointed 2012-10-08 · resigned 2014-01-31
Resigned
FOSTER, John Simon→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-09-01 · resigned 2014-09-16
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 1996-02-19 · resigned 1996-02-19
Resigned
HOWARD, Samantha Victoria→
director · ~48y · appointed 2005-04-06 · resigned 2007-02-28
Resigned
MCCUTCHEON, Ian Andrew John→
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-04-27 · resigned 2016-04-28
Resigned
POWELL, Matthew→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-01-08 · resigned 2016-05-26
Resigned
POWELL, Matthew→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-01-08 · resigned 2016-05-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Ldf Finance No.3
Ldf Finance No.3 Limited
A registered charge—31/03/2021—
satisfied
Lombard North Central
Lombard North Central PLC
Aircraft mortgage1 property09/12/201028/01/2014
satisfied
Lombard North Central
Lombard North Central PLC
Aircraft mortgage1 property21/08/200927/09/2013
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property17/01/2003—
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Recent filings (117 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
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accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-04-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-22