A. H. HELICOPTER SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03330859 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-10
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£690.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52230
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
81 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £690,490
Net assets shrinking
Down £63,483 YoY
Cash YoY
+33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£108k
↑ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£690k
↓ 8.4% YoY
Current Assets
£402k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£151k£302k£452k£603k£754kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£745.7k£812.1k
Current assets£402.1k£464.3k
Cash£108.4k£81.5k
Debtors£14.4k£51.0k
Net assets£690.5k£754.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-19
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-01-13
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    HARVEY, Roger resigned
    director
  4. 2025-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-31
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  16. 1997-05-19
    ➕
    HARVEY, Kelly-Anne appointed
    secretary
  17. 1997-05-19
    ➕
    HARVEY, Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 1997-05-19
    ➕
    HARVEY, Ann Lesley appointed
    director
  19. 1997-05-19
    ➕
    HARVEY, Kelly-Anne appointed
    director
  20. 1997-05-19
    ➖
    EDEN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-05-19
    ➕
    HARVEY, Roger appointed
    director
  22. 1997-05-19
    ➖
    EDEN CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1997-03-10
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    Company incorporated
    As A. H. HELICOPTER SERVICES LIMITED
  24. 1997-03-10
    ➕
    EDEN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-03-10
    ➕
    EDEN CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 90 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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 Roger Harvey
Individual · British · DOB 02/1937 · age 89
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Ann Lesley Harvey
Individual · British · DOB 11/1936 · age 90
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
Incorporated1997-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52230 — SIC 52230

Registered office

Knowle House Cottage
Knowle Road Lustleigh
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ13 9SP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

HARVEY, Kelly-Anne→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARVEY, Andrew→
director · ~63y · appointed 1997-05-19
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Active
HARVEY, Ann Lesley→
director · ~90y · appointed 1997-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARVEY, Kelly-Anne→
director · ~62y · appointed 1997-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDEN SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-10 · resigned 1997-05-19
Resigned
HARVEY, Roger→
director · ~89y · appointed 1997-05-19 · resigned 2026-01-13
Resigned
EDEN CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-10 · resigned 1997-05-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-24