A. & B. AIR SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04233134 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-12

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£-392

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33190

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46690Wholesale of other machinery and equipment

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 (83/100, director aged 70). 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 (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 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

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £392

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£392

~ YoY

Current Assets

£59k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£-392	£-392
Current assets	£59.0k	£59.0k
Net assets	£-392	£-392

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-04-15
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2025-04-28
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2024-04-12
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2023-04-19
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2022-04-25
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2021-04-20
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2020-04-02
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2019-03-28
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accounts · AA
2018-04-23
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accounts · AA
2017-04-19
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accounts · AA
2016-06-22
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-04-26
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accounts · AA
2015-06-23
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annual-return · AR01
2015-04-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-06-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-04-24
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accounts · AA
2005-04-06
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SANKEY, Julie Dawn appointed
secretary
2005-04-06
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BELLIS, Stephen Wayne resigned
secretary
2005-04-06
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BELLIS, Stephen Wayne resigned
director
2001-06-12
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Company incorporated
As A. & B. AIR SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2001-06-12
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SANKEY, Ross Anderson appointed
director
2001-06-12
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BELLIS, Stephen Wayne appointed
secretary
2001-06-12
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BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-06-12
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BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-06-12
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BELLIS, Stephen Wayne appointed
director
2001-06-12
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DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-06-12
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DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ross Anderson Sankey Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/06/2017

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2001-06-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Unit 21 Abbenbury Way

Wrexham Industrial Estate

Wrexham

LL13 9BZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-15

Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SANKEY, Julie Dawn→

secretary · appointed 2005-04-06

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Active

SANKEY, Ross Anderson→

director · ~70y · appointed 2001-06-12

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Active

BELLIS, Stephen Wayne→

secretary · appointed 2001-06-12 · resigned 2005-04-06

Resigned

BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-12 · resigned 2001-06-12

Resigned

BELLIS, Stephen Wayne→

director · ~64y · appointed 2001-06-12 · resigned 2005-04-06

Resigned

DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-12 · resigned 2001-06-12

Resigned

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