AIRBORNE ADVENTURES HEADCORN LTD

💤Zombieactive

03990796 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-11

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

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£-3.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

73 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £3,863

Cash YoY

+1%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£876

~ YoY

Net Worth

-£4k

↑ 3.1% YoY

Current Assets

£876

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£-3.3k	£-2.5k
Current assets	£876	£869
Cash	£876	£869
Net assets	£-3.9k	£-4.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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2024-01-15
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2023-02-22
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2022-01-19
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2020-12-04
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2019-11-11
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2018-10-24
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2018-01-17
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2016-12-19
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2016-06-01
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2015-11-08
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2015-11-06
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2015-11-06
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2015-06-08
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annual-return · AR01
2006-04-01
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MCINDOE, Stephen Alexander resigned
director
2000-08-01
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VIALL, Andrew Edward appointed
secretary
2000-08-01
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VIALL, Andrew Edward appointed
director
2000-08-01
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TENBURY SECRETARIAT LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2000-05-12
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TENBURY SECRETARIAT LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2000-05-12
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MCINDOE, Stephen Alexander appointed
director
2000-05-11
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Company incorporated
As AIRBORNE ADVENTURES HEADCORN LTD
2000-05-11
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-05-11
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-05-11
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-05-11
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

93/100

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Andrew Edward Viall Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-05-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Headcorn Aerodrome

Headcorn

Ashford

Kent

TN27 9HX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-25

Last: 2026-05-11

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

VIALL, Andrew Edward→

secretary · appointed 2000-08-01

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Active

VIALL, Andrew Edward→

director · ~64y · appointed 2000-08-01

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Active

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-11 · resigned 2000-05-11

Resigned

TENBURY SECRETARIAT LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-05-12 · resigned 2000-08-01

Resigned

MCINDOE, Stephen Alexander→

director · ~60y · appointed 2000-05-12 · resigned 2006-04-01

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-11 · resigned 2000-05-11

Resigned

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