AEROSPACE & AIRWORTHINESS CONSULTANCY ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03377828 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-29
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 May 2025
Net worth
£1.30M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
15 officers (2 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
114 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,297,258
Cash YoY
-9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£791k
↓ 9.4% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£2.0m
↓ 5.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£421k£842k£1.3m£1.7m£2.1mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£1.30M£1.27M
Current assets£1.99M£2.10M
Cash£790.8k£872.7k
Debtors£1.20M£1.23M
Net assets£1.30M£1.27M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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  2. 2026-02-25
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  3. 2026-02-20
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  4. 2025-02-25
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  5. 2024-02-28
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  6. 2022-12-12
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  7. 2022-02-21
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  8. 2021-01-25
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  9. 2020-02-28
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  10. 2019-02-26
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  11. 2019-01-31
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    COLLINS-BENT, Nolan resigned
    director
  12. 2019-01-31
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-01-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2018-11-30
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    TULLOCH, Richard Donald Arthur resigned
    director
  15. 2018-06-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2018-06-06
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  17. 2018-06-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2018-04-13
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    officers · TM01
  19. 2016-06-01
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    HUSSEY, Lynette Sian appointed
    director
  20. 2016-06-01
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    COLLINS-BENT, Nolan appointed
    director
  21. 2016-06-01
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    HUSSEY, Richard John Chanter resigned
    director
  22. 2016-06-01
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    TULLOCH, Richard Donald Arthur appointed
    director
  23. 2013-11-21
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    MAYO, Paul Robert resigned
    director
  24. 2011-10-31
    ➖
    PORTER, John resigned
    director
  25. 2011-10-31
    ➖
    RICHARDSON, Gwyn resigned
    director
  26. 2011-10-31
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Ian resigned
    director
  27. 2011-01-31
    ➖
    NEW, Tony resigned
    director
  28. 2011-01-31
    ➖
    WRIGHT, Owen Dixon resigned
    director
  29. 2010-11-29
    ➖
    HUSSEY, Gaynor resigned
    secretary
  30. 2010-11-19
    ➕
    MAYO, Paul Robert appointed
    director
  31. 2010-11-19
    ➕
    NEW, Tony appointed
    director
  32. 2010-11-19
    ➕
    PORTER, John appointed
    director
  33. 2010-11-19
    ➕
    RICHARDSON, Gwyn appointed
    director
  34. 2010-11-19
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Ian appointed
    director
  35. 2010-11-19
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Owen Dixon appointed
    director
  36. 2000-04-25
    ➖
    DRUCE, Neil Andrew resigned
    director
  37. 1997-05-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AEROSPACE & AIRWORTHINESS CONSULTANCY ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  38. 1997-05-29
    ➕
    HUSSEY, Gaynor appointed
    director
  39. 1997-05-29
    ➕
    HUSSEY, Gaynor appointed
    secretary
  40. 1997-05-29
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 1997-05-29
    ➖
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 1997-05-29
    ➕
    DRUCE, Neil Andrew appointed
    director
  43. 1997-05-29
    ➕
    HUSSEY, Richard John Chanter appointed
    director
  44. 1997-05-29
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  45. 1997-05-29
    ➖
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Aace Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aace Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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AEROSPACE & AIRWORTHINESS CONSULTANCY ENTERPRISES LIMITED
This company · 03377828

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
Aace Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting27/10/2017
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Richard John Chanter Husseyceased 27/10/2017· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
  • Mrs Gaynor Husseyceased 27/10/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1997-05-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Bristol & Bath Science Park Dirac Crescent
Emersons Green
Bristol
BS16 7FR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-12
Last: 2026-05-29

Officers (2 active · 13 resigned)

HUSSEY, Gaynor→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-05-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUSSEY, Lynette Sian→
director · ~38y · appointed 2016-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUSSEY, Gaynor→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-29 · resigned 2010-11-29
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-29 · resigned 1997-05-29
Resigned
COLLINS-BENT, Nolan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-06-01 · resigned 2019-01-31
Resigned
DRUCE, Neil Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 1997-05-29 · resigned 2000-04-25
Resigned
HUSSEY, Richard John Chanter→
director · ~68y · appointed 1997-05-29 · resigned 2016-06-01
Resigned
MAYO, Paul Robert→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-11-19 · resigned 2013-11-21
Resigned
NEW, Tony→
director · ~81y · appointed 2010-11-19 · resigned 2011-01-31
Resigned
PORTER, John→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-11-19 · resigned 2011-10-31
Resigned
RICHARDSON, Gwyn→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-11-19 · resigned 2011-10-31
Resigned
TAYLOR, Ian→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-11-19 · resigned 2011-10-31
Resigned
TULLOCH, Richard Donald Arthur→
director · ~75y · appointed 2016-06-01 · resigned 2018-11-30
Resigned
WRIGHT, Owen Dixon→
director · ~77y · appointed 2010-11-19 · resigned 2011-01-31
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-05-29 · resigned 1997-05-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (114 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-02-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-03