AEROSCENE LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04430709 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-03
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 77351
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 85510Sports and recreation education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.4y
10/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 2.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-08📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-03-08🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-01-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-01-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Close Brothers Limited
- 2023-12-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-20➕WAKEHAM, Joanne appointedsecretary
- 2022-09-20📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-10➖CRAWSHAW, Anthony John Grant resignedsecretary
- 2018-12-10➖CRAWSHAW, Anthony John Grant resigneddirector
- 2018-12-10📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2018-12-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-12-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-11-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-04-03➕WAKEHAM, Stephen Paul appointeddirector
- 2018-04-03➖CRAWSHAW, Muriel Joyce resigneddirector
- 2002-05-03🏢Company incorporatedAs AEROSCENE LIMITED
- 2002-05-03➕CRAWSHAW, Anthony John Grant appointedsecretary
- 2002-05-03➕CRAWSHAW, Anthony John Grant appointeddirector
- 2002-05-03➕CRAWSHAW, Muriel Joyce appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Joanne Wakeham Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 25/08/2020 |
Mr Stephen Paul Wakeham Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 08/04/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Anthony John Grant Crawshawceased 10/12/2018· 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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-05-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77351 — SIC 77351
Registered office
8 Abbey Mill Gardens
Knaresborough
North Yorkshire
HG5 8ER
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-17
Last: 2026-05-03
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
Active
WAKEHAM, Stephen Paul→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2018-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CRAWSHAW, Anthony John Grant→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2018-12-10
CRAWSHAW, Anthony John Grant→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2018-12-10
CRAWSHAW, Muriel Joyce→
Resigneddirector · ~110y · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2018-04-03
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Close Brothers Close Brothers Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/01/2024 | 08/03/2024 |
Recent filings (68 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-01-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10