AIRWAVES COMMUNICATIONS (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03518679 · ltd · incorporated 1998-02-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (76/100)

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 (1 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
83 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-23
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  2. 2024-10-21
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  3. 2023-12-04
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  4. 2022-08-15
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  5. 2021-08-17
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  6. 2021-05-03
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  7. 2020-09-03
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  8. 2019-10-28
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  9. 2018-07-30
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  10. 2017-09-25
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  11. 2017-07-19
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  12. 2016-08-03
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  13. 2016-03-07
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  14. 2015-09-09
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  15. 2015-03-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-04-01
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    BRIDGER, Gary John resigned
    secretary
  17. 2005-06-13
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    BRIDGER, Gary John appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-06-13
    ➕
    BRIDGER, Gary John appointed
    director
  19. 2005-06-13
    ➖
    BRIDGER, Gary John resigned
    director
  20. 2005-06-12
    ➖
    BRIDGER, Virginia Mary resigned
    secretary
  21. 2004-08-01
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    BRIDGER, Virginia Mary appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-07-28
    ➖
    WELSH, Ginny resigned
    secretary
  23. 2001-02-20
    ➖
    BRIDGER, Virginia resigned
    secretary
  24. 2001-02-20
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    WELSH, Ginny appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-02-17
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    MILLER, Malcolm Alfred appointed
    director
  26. 2000-02-17
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    BRIDGER, Gary resigned
    director
  27. 1998-02-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRWAVES COMMUNICATIONS (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED
  28. 1998-02-27
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    BRIDGER, Virginia appointed
    secretary
  29. 1998-02-27
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1998-02-27
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1998-02-27
    ➕
    BRIDGER, Gary appointed
    director
  32. 1998-02-27
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 1998-02-27
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 76 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Malcolm Alfred Miller
Individual · British · DOB 04/1950 · age 76
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

1 Church Terrace
Yeovil
Somerset
BA20 1HX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22

Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)

MILLER, Malcolm Alfred→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIDGER, Gary John→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-13 · resigned 2009-04-01
Resigned
BRIDGER, Virginia Mary→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-01 · resigned 2005-06-12
Resigned
BRIDGER, Virginia→
secretary · appointed 1998-02-27 · resigned 2001-02-20
Resigned
WELSH, Ginny→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-20 · resigned 2004-07-28
Resigned
PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-02-27 · resigned 1998-02-27
Resigned
BRIDGER, Gary John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-06-13 · resigned 2005-06-13
Resigned
BRIDGER, Gary→
director · ~69y · appointed 1998-02-27 · resigned 2000-02-17
Resigned
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-02-27 · resigned 1998-02-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

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2026-02-23
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2025-10-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-28