AIRCRAFT CONSULTANCY & EQUIPMENT SALES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
03314148 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-06
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (78/100)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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
91 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-20📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-05-19📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2026-05-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-31➖MOLLOY, Jeffrey James resigneddirector
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2006-10-04➕MOLLOY, John Gerard appointedsecretary
- 2006-10-04➖WINSKELL, Kathryn Lucy Hay resignedsecretary
- 2006-10-04➕MOLLOY, Jeffrey James appointeddirector
- 2000-01-20➖MOLLOY, John Gerard resignedsecretary
- 2000-01-20➕WINSKELL, Kathryn Lucy Hay appointedsecretary
- 2000-01-20➖MOLLOY, James Joseph resigneddirector
- 1999-10-21➖ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1999-10-06➕ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1997-02-07➕MOLLOY, John Gerard appointeddirector
- 1997-02-07➕MOLLOY, John Gerard appointedsecretary
- 1997-02-07➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-02-07➕MOLLOY, James Joseph appointeddirector
- 1997-02-07➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1997-02-06🏢Company incorporatedAs AIRCRAFT CONSULTANCY & EQUIPMENT SALES LIMITED
- 1997-02-06➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1997-02-06➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr John Gerard Molloy Individual · Irish · DOB 06/1954 · age 72 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 14 Witney Way
Boldon Business Park
Boldon Colliery
NE35 9PE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06
Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)
MOLLOY, John Gerard→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MOLLOY, John Gerard→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 1997-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MOLLOY, John Gerard→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-02-07 · resigned 2000-01-20
WINSKELL, Kathryn Lucy Hay→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-01-20 · resigned 2006-10-04
ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1999-10-06 · resigned 1999-10-21
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-06 · resigned 1997-02-07
MOLLOY, James Joseph→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 1997-02-07 · resigned 2000-01-20
MOLLOY, Jeffrey James→
Resigneddirector · ~42y · appointed 2006-10-04 · resigned 2026-01-31
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-02-06 · resigned 1997-02-07
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (91 total)
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-05-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-18