AET FLEXIBLE SPACE HOLDINGS LTD

💤Zombieactive
03870078 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-02
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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 (77/100)

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
77 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-27
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  3. 2024-08-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
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  4. 2024-05-31
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  5. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-22
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    RYAN, Nichola resigned
    secretary
  10. 2019-11-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2018-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-03
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    officers · AP03
  13. 2018-04-03
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    officers · TM02
  14. 2018-03-26
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    BLAKE THOMAS, Ian Bernard resigned
    secretary
  15. 2018-03-26
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    RYAN, Nichola appointed
    secretary
  16. 2017-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-08-02
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    capital · SH02
  18. 2017-02-02
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  19. 2016-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2001-10-18
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    BLAKE THOMAS, David Alan resigned
    secretary
  21. 2001-10-18
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    BLAKE THOMAS, Ian Bernard appointed
    secretary
  22. 1999-11-15
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    BLAKE THOMAS, Glan Maurice appointed
    director
  23. 1999-11-15
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    BLAKE THOMAS, David Alan appointed
    secretary
  24. 1999-11-15
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-11-15
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1999-11-02
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    Company incorporated
    As AET FLEXIBLE SPACE HOLDINGS LTD
  27. 1999-11-02
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1999-11-02
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Glan Maurice Blake Thomas
Individual · British · DOB 07/1948 · age 78
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-11-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities

Registered office

The Center
201-203 London Road
East Grinstead
West Sussex
RH19 1HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

BLAKE THOMAS, Glan Maurice→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKE THOMAS, David Alan→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-15 · resigned 2001-10-18
Resigned
BLAKE THOMAS, Ian Bernard→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-18 · resigned 2018-03-26
Resigned
RYAN, Nichola→
secretary · appointed 2018-03-26 · resigned 2019-11-22
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-02 · resigned 1999-11-15
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-11-02 · resigned 1999-11-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-11-22