AIR LIQUIDE UK PENSION TRUSTEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03668663 · ltd · incorporated 1998-11-17

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

30 officers (6 active, 30 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

124 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-05	2024-04-05

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (72 events)Click to expand

2025-09-15
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accounts · AA
2025-03-25
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officers · AP01
2025-03-17
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COLE, Paul Stephen appointed
director
2024-08-12
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accounts · AA
2024-07-24
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officers · TM01
2024-07-19
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BUTCHER, Andrew Thomas resigned
director
2023-07-31
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accounts · AA
2023-07-10
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officers · AP01
2023-07-10
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officers · TM01
2023-06-26
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STEPHENSON, Melina Jayne appointed
director
2023-06-26
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HONECKER, Christopher J resigned
director
2022-09-20
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accounts · AA
2022-02-10
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gazette · DISS40
2022-02-09
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accounts · AA
2022-02-08
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gazette · GAZ1
2020-12-30
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officers · AP01
2020-12-30
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officers · TM01
2020-12-22
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HASNIP, Matthew John resigned
director
2020-12-22
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HONECKER, Christopher J appointed
director
2020-11-16
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accounts · AA
2019-10-15
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accounts · AA
2018-08-30
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accounts · AA
2017-12-20
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accounts · AA
2017-09-28
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TUCKER, Peter Edward Arthur resigned
director
2015-03-23
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HASNIP, Matthew John appointed
director
2015-03-17
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BULMAN, Peter Eric resigned
director
2012-01-31
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THOMPSON, Andrew appointed
director
2008-10-01
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THOMPSON, Martin John appointed
director
2008-10-01
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BUTCHER, Andrew Thomas appointed
director
2008-10-01
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DELLON, Jean Baptiste resigned
director
2008-10-01
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TUCKER, Peter Edward Arthur appointed
director
2006-10-20
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BROWN, Paul William resigned
director
2006-10-20
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BULMAN, Peter Eric appointed
director
2006-09-01
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DELLON, Jean Baptiste appointed
director
2006-08-31
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ANDREW, Graham John resigned
director
2006-06-30
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JONES, Julian Shon resigned
director
2006-06-29
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WEDDELL, Neil Robert resigned
director
2006-05-15
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THOMPSON, Andrew appointed
secretary
2006-05-15
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WILSON, Christopher John resigned
secretary
2005-07-01
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WILSON, Christopher John appointed
secretary
2005-06-30
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GLITZ, Egon Joachim resigned
secretary
2005-06-30
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ANDREW, Graham John appointed
director
2005-06-30
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GLITZ, Egon Joachim resigned
director
2004-06-09
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GLITZ, Egon Joachim appointed
secretary
2004-06-09
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WILSON, Christopher John resigned
secretary
2004-06-09
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BROWN, Paul William appointed
director
2004-06-09
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CROWE, Charles John resigned
director
2003-04-25
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GLITZ, Egon Joachim appointed
director
2003-04-25
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TUCKER, Peter Edward Arthur resigned
director
2000-12-20
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FRANCIS, Barry resigned
secretary

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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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

Air Liquide Uk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Air Liquide Uk Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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AIR LIQUIDE UK PENSION TRUSTEES LIMITED

This company · 03668663

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Air Liquide Uk Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	14/11/2016

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

Incorporated1998-11-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Station Road

Coleshill

Birmingham

Warwickshire

B46 1JY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-05

Last made up to: 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-29

Last: 2025-09-15