AEROCYCLE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04193733 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-04
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28950
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Apr 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-252024-04-01

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-08-16
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  3. 2023-08-29
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  4. 2022-09-20
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  5. 2021-08-27
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  6. 2020-04-23
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  7. 2019-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-04-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-04-04
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  13. 2015-04-04
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  14. 2014-12-20
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  15. 2014-04-19
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    ALTHOEFER, Kaspar Alexander, Professor appointed
    director
  16. 2014-04-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2001-04-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AEROCYCLE LIMITED
  18. 2001-04-04
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    APOSTOLAKOU, Lito, Doctor appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-04-04
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    ALTHOFER, Philipp Walter, Dr appointed
    director
  20. 2001-04-04
    ➕
    APOSTOLAKOU, Lito, Doctor appointed
    director
  21. 2001-04-04
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-04-04
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-04-04
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2001-04-04
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Philipp Walter Althofer
Individual · German · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2001-04-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28950 — SIC 28950

Registered office

41 Donovan Avenue
London
N10 2JU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last made up to: 2025-03-25
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

APOSTOLAKOU, Lito, Doctor→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-04
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Active
ALTHOEFER, Kaspar Alexander, Professor→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-04-19
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Active
ALTHOFER, Philipp Walter, Dr→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-04-04
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Active
APOSTOLAKOU, Lito, Doctor→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-04-04
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Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-04 · resigned 2001-04-04
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-04 · resigned 2001-04-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-04