AIRCRAFT TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04474967 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-02
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒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
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33160
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
77 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-04-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-04-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2025-04-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-03-31
    ➖
    ERRIDGE, David resigned
    director
  7. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-03-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2024-03-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2024-03-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2024-03-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2024-02-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2024-02-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2024-01-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-07-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2021-07-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2021-07-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  21. 2021-07-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2020-08-13
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    ELLIS, Michael David appointed
    director
  23. 2020-08-13
    ➕
    ERRIDGE, David appointed
    director
  24. 2020-08-11
    ➕
    CLORAN, Steven Lindsay appointed
    director
  25. 2020-03-10
    ➕
    GRAY, Jonathan Paul appointed
    secretary
  26. 2020-03-09
    ➖
    SMITH, Glenvil Peter Fryer resigned
    secretary
  27. 2010-11-30
    ➖
    CORNE, Michael resigned
    director
  28. 2010-09-27
    ➕
    CORNE, Michael appointed
    director
  29. 2007-12-07
    ➖
    ERRIDGE, David resigned
    director
  30. 2004-02-10
    ➖
    PLOWES, Richard Hamilton resigned
    director
  31. 2002-07-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AIRCRAFT TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  32. 2002-07-02
    ➕
    GRAY, Jonathan Paul appointed
    director
  33. 2002-07-02
    ➕
    SMITH, Glenvil Peter Fryer appointed
    secretary
  34. 2002-07-02
    ➕
    ERRIDGE, David appointed
    director
  35. 2002-07-02
    ➕
    PLOWES, Richard Hamilton appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Maa Trading (Southern) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Green Drake Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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AIRCRAFT TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED
This company · 04474967

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Maa Trading (Southern) Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/03/2024
Green Drake Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/03/2024
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Aviation Management Partnership Ltdceased 31/03/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Michael David Ellisceased 07/03/2024· 25-50% voting
  • Mr Steven Lindsay Cloranceased 07/03/2024· 25-50% voting
  • Aviation Management Partnership Ltdceased 13/08/2020· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-07-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33160 — SIC 33160

Registered office

Mountbatten House
Grosvenor Square
Southampton
SO15 2JU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-16
Last: 2025-07-02

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

GRAY, Jonathan Paul→
secretary · appointed 2020-03-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLORAN, Steven Lindsay→
director · ~62y · appointed 2020-08-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELLIS, Michael David→
director · ~80y · appointed 2020-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAY, Jonathan Paul→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Glenvil Peter Fryer→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-02 · resigned 2020-03-09
Resigned
CORNE, Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-09-27 · resigned 2010-11-30
Resigned
ERRIDGE, David→
director · ~73y · appointed 2020-08-13 · resigned 2025-03-31
Resigned
ERRIDGE, David→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-07-02 · resigned 2007-12-07
Resigned
PLOWES, Richard Hamilton→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-07-02 · resigned 2004-02-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-03-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-03-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-04