A.D. BLY AIRCRAFT LEASING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04006731 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-02
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
63 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-06-302023-06-30
Average employees00

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-21
    ➖
    BANSTEAD REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  2. 2025-08-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-06-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-13
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  10. 2021-12-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2016-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2005-06-30
    ➖
    WHYMAN, Deborah Jane resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-06-30
    ➕
    BANSTEAD REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2000-06-02
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    Company incorporated
    As A.D. BLY AIRCRAFT LEASING LIMITED
  21. 2000-06-02
    ➕
    BLY, Antony David appointed
    director
  22. 2000-06-02
    ➕
    WHYMAN, Deborah Jane appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-06-02
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-06-02
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Antony David Bly
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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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
Incorporated2000-06-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Stoneheaps Kimpton Bottom
Kimpton
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
SG4 8ET
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-16
Last: 2025-06-02

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

BLY, Antony David→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHYMAN, Deborah Jane→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-02 · resigned 2005-06-30
Resigned
BANSTEAD REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-06-30 · resigned 2025-08-21
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-02 · resigned 2000-06-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-13
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10