AIRTEC FILTRATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03365050 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-02

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 28.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71129Other engineering activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.9y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 28.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

99 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	14	1300

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-10
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address · AD02
2024-05-04
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change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2024-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-01
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-03-01
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-03-01
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-03-01
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Charge satisfied #5
2022-03-01
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Charge satisfied #4
2022-03-01
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Charge satisfied #3
2022-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-14
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-07-10
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2020-02-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-02
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-08-01
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Charge registered #4
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2019-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2013-03-19
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REDMOND, Gillian Elizabeth appointed
director
2013-03-19
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WHALLEY, Lorraine appointed
director
2011-01-27
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2009-03-03
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FORD, Darren Leslie resigned
director
2003-02-11
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Charge satisfied #1
2003-01-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1997-06-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1997-05-02
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Company incorporated
As AIRTEC FILTRATION LIMITED
1997-05-02
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REDMOND, Michael John appointed
secretary
1997-05-02
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REDMOND, Michael John appointed
director
1997-05-02
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WHALLEY, Mark Cameron appointed
director
1997-05-02
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-05-02
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-05-02
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FORD, Darren Leslie appointed
director
1997-05-02
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CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-05-02
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CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael John Redmond Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	18/01/2024
Mr Mark Cameron Whalley Individual · British · DOB 02/1960 · age 66	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	18/01/2024

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-05-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

Manor House

Manor Street

St. Helens

Merseyside

WA9 3AX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-16

Last: 2025-05-02