AROMAIR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03824803 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-13
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 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
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£20£40£60£80£100Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£100£100
Net assets£100£100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-09-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-09-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-07-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  17. 1999-08-21
    ➕
    BERRY, Dathan Andrew appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-08-21
    ➕
    BERRY, Dathan Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 1999-08-21
    ➕
    RICHARDSON, John William appointed
    director
  20. 1999-08-21
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1999-08-21
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1999-08-21
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1999-08-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AROMAIR LIMITED
  24. 1999-08-13
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-08-13
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1999-08-13
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dathan Andrew Berry
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016
Mr John William Richardson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-08-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

17a Mandeville Road
Shepperton
Middlesex
TW17 0AL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BERRY, Dathan Andrew→
secretary · appointed 1999-08-21
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Active
BERRY, Dathan Andrew→
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-08-21
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Active
RICHARDSON, John William→
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-08-21
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Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-08-13 · resigned 1999-08-21
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-08-13 · resigned 1999-08-21
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-08-13 · resigned 1999-08-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/07/2002—
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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-27