AIRFLOW OFFICE SOLUTIONS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

03791033 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-17

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 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: Other construction installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 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

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	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2022-12-22
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2021-12-22
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2020-12-14
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2019-12-16
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2018-12-13
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2017-12-19
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2017-07-05
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2016-12-14
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2016-06-29
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2015-12-09
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2015-07-03
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2001-06-17
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FROST, James Stephen appointed
director
1999-06-17
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Company incorporated
As AIRFLOW OFFICE SOLUTIONS LTD.
1999-06-17
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FROST, Lianne Berenice appointed
secretary
1999-06-17
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FROST, Lianne Berenice appointed
director
1999-06-17
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NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
1999-06-17
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NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED resigned
corporate-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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

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

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Airflow Group Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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AIRFLOW OFFICE SOLUTIONS LTD.

This company · 03791033

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
Airflow Group Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	26/06/2017

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

Incorporated1999-06-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Chester House Lloyd Drive

Cheshire Oaks Business Park

Ellesmere Port

Cheshire

CH65 9HQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-01

Last: 2026-06-17

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

FROST, Lianne Berenice→

secretary · appointed 1999-06-17

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Active

FROST, James Stephen→

director · ~67y · appointed 2001-06-17

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Active

FROST, Lianne Berenice→

director · ~58y · appointed 1999-06-17

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Active

NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 1999-06-17 · resigned 1999-06-17

Resigned

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