AEROSPACEDIRECT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04263453 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-02

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£38.5k

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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, 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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 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 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £38,488

Net assets shrinking

Down £6,243 YoY

Cash YoY

-15%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£82k

↓ 15% YoY

Net Worth

£38k

↓ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£114k

↓ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£38.5k	£44.7k
Current assets	£113.8k	£129.5k
Cash	£82.3k	£96.6k
Debtors	£21.9k	£22.8k
Net assets	£38.5k	£44.7k

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

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-06-19
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2025-03-31
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accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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2022-06-29
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accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts · AA
2020-08-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-08-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-08-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-04-08
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accounts · AA
2019-03-28
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accounts · AA
2018-03-30
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accounts · AA
2017-08-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2017-03-27
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accounts · AA
2016-03-30
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2001-08-02
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Company incorporated
As AEROSPACEDIRECT LIMITED
2001-08-02
➕
WOOD, Lorraine appointed
secretary
2001-08-02
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WOOD, David Anthony appointed
director
2001-08-02
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-08-02
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-08-02
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-08-02
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COMPANY DIRECTORS 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 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Wood Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	25/04/2017
Mrs Lorraine Wood Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	25/04/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Classic Car Components Direct Limitedceased 07/05/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

Incorporated2001-08-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

86 Tettenhall Road

Wolverhampton

West Midlands

WV1 4TF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-16

Last: 2025-08-02

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WOOD, Lorraine→

secretary · appointed 2001-08-02

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Active

WOOD, David Anthony→

director · ~68y · appointed 2001-08-02

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-02 · resigned 2001-08-02

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-02 · resigned 2001-08-02

Resigned

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