AERO CITY GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04645437 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-23
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-3.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
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 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £3,443

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£3k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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-£3k-£3k-£3k-£3k-£3k-£3kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-3.4k£-3.0k
Debtors£11.3k£11.3k
Net assets£-3.4k£-3.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2023-01-19
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  5. 2023-01-19
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  6. 2022-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2021-03-11
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2020-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-04-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  14. 2018-07-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  15. 2018-07-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2018-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-01-14
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    BROWN, Stephen Christopher appointed
    director
  18. 2008-11-01
    ➖
    DENSTON, Valerie Lilian resigned
    secretary
  19. 2003-10-02
    ➕
    DENSTON, Valerie Lilian appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-10-01
    ➖
    SOMERS, Julie Alison resigned
    secretary
  21. 2003-01-23
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    Company incorporated
    As AERO CITY GROUP LIMITED
  22. 2003-01-23
    ➕
    SOMERS, Seosamh Micheal appointed
    director
  23. 2003-01-23
    ➕
    SOMERS, Julie Alison appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-01-23
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-01-23
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-01-23
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-01-23
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Christopher Brown
Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mr Seosamh Michael Somers
Individual · British · DOB 12/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2003-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93290 — Other amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Thorneloe House
25 Barbourne Road
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR1 1RU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BROWN, Stephen Christopher→
director · ~73y · appointed 2016-01-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SOMERS, Seosamh Micheal→
director · ~54y · appointed 2003-01-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DENSTON, Valerie Lilian→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-02 · resigned 2008-11-01
Resigned
SOMERS, Julie Alison→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-23 · resigned 2003-10-01
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-23 · resigned 2003-01-23
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-23 · resigned 2003-01-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-03-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-25