AIR COMPRESSOR SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04685566 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-04
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.26M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,260,533
Cash YoY
-3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£305k
↓ 3.4% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 4.5% YoY
Current Assets
£557k
↑ 7.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£252k£504k£756k£1.0m£1.3mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£1.26M£1.21M
Current assets£556.6k£519.7k
Cash£305.4k£316.0k
Debtors£251.2k£203.7k
Net assets£1.26M£1.21M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-20
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-06
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    CARR, Julia Esther appointed
    director
  5. 2024-02-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-03-24
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-24
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-23
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-24
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2019-06-21
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    capital · SH10
  12. 2019-01-17
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-15
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  14. 2017-03-13
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  15. 2017-03-13
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    capital · SH01
  16. 2017-03-10
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    capital · SH10
  17. 2017-03-08
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2003-03-04
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    Company incorporated
    As AIR COMPRESSOR SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 2003-03-04
    ➕
    JAMES, Catherine Ruth May appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-03-04
    ➕
    JACQUES, Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2003-03-04
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-03-04
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-03-04
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-03-04
    ➖
    WATERLOW 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 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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.
  • 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.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robert Jacques
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Unit 21, Bridgwater Court
Oldmixon Crescent
Weston-Super-Mare
BS24 9AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JAMES, Catherine Ruth May→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-04
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Active
CARR, Julia Esther→
director · ~69y · appointed 2024-02-06
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Active
JACQUES, Robert→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-03-04
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Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-04 · resigned 2003-03-04
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-04 · resigned 2003-03-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
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accounts · AA
2025-11-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-08
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officers · AP01
2024-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-30