AVIATION MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04183265 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-20
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£28.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (75/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
65 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £28,520

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£29k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£29k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£11k£17k£23k£29kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£28.5k£28.5k
Current assets£28.5k£28.5k
Cash—£99
Debtors—£28.4k
Net assets£28.5k£28.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-07-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-03-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2016-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-05
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-09-14
    ➕
    CARTER, Paul appointed
    director
  17. 2008-11-20
    ➖
    WARNER, Malcolm James resigned
    director
  18. 2005-06-16
    ➕
    BURGESS, Richard Conrad appointed
    director
  19. 2001-03-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AVIATION MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  20. 2001-03-20
    ➕
    CARTER, Paul appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-03-20
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-03-20
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-03-20
    ➕
    WARNER, Malcolm James appointed
    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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

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

🏛️
Maryland Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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AVIATION MANAGEMENT LIMITED
This company · 04183265

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Maryland Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2001-03-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Hawne Lodge
7c Westville Avenue
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
DY11 6BZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CARTER, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURGESS, Richard Conrad→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CARTER, Paul→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-20 · resigned 2001-03-20
Resigned
WARNER, Malcolm James→
director · ~83y · appointed 2001-03-20 · resigned 2008-11-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-27