3TOP AVIATION SERVICES LIMITED

📈Growthactive
03751777 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-14
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£66.76M
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 10.4y

45/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £9,127,714
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 75% YoY
Turnover YoY
+75%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Turnover£66.76M£38.05M
Gross profit£10.14M£2.02M
Operating profit£7.26M£282.9k
Profit before tax£9.13M£2.93M
Average employees15001300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-28
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2023-02-28
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    Charge satisfied #3
  7. 2023-02-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2023-02-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2023-02-08
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    Charge satisfied #4
  10. 2023-02-08
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    Charge satisfied #2
  11. 2023-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-07-18
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2022-06-28
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  14. 2022-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-06-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-06-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-06-29
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  19. 2020-02-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2020-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2020-02-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  22. 2020-02-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  23. 2020-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  24. 2020-02-05
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  25. 2016-05-13
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  26. 2016-05-13
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  27. 2016-02-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
  28. 2015-12-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  29. 2006-04-15
    ➕
    EMECHETE, Sylvia Edem appointed
    secretary
  30. 2006-04-15
    ➕
    EMECHETE, Sylvia Edem appointed
    director
  31. 2006-04-14
    ➖
    TEMBO, Naomi resigned
    secretary
  32. 1999-04-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3TOP AVIATION SERVICES LIMITED
  33. 1999-04-14
    ➕
    EMECHETE, Christopher appointed
    director
  34. 1999-04-14
    ➕
    TEMBO, Naomi appointed
    secretary
  35. 1999-04-14
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1999-04-14
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 1999-04-14
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 1999-04-14
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Emechete
Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Sylvia Edem Emechete
Individual · British · DOB 08/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-04-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140

Registered office

Unit 14, Mole Business Park
Randalls Road
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT22 7BA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

EMECHETE, Sylvia Edem→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EMECHETE, Christopher→
director · ~56y · appointed 1999-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EMECHETE, Sylvia Edem→
director · ~47y · appointed 2006-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMBO, Naomi→
secretary · appointed 1999-04-14 · resigned 2006-04-14
Resigned
PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-04-14 · resigned 1999-04-14
Resigned
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-04-14 · resigned 1999-04-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property28/06/2022—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property05/02/2020—
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property13/05/201608/02/2023
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property13/05/201628/02/2023
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
A registered charge—19/02/201608/02/2023
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property01/12/2015—
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Recent filings (90 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-02-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-02-08
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-25