AIRCULTURE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04688056 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-06
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£52.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47640
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47770SIC 47770
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
58 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £52,264
Net assets shrinking
Down £19,785 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£52k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£118k
↓ 3.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£25k£49k£74k£98k£123kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£53.6k£73.0k
Current assets£118.3k£123.1k
Net assets£52.3k£72.0k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-11-05
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  3. 2023-06-19
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  4. 2022-10-13
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  5. 2021-11-30
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  6. 2021-02-11
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-01-31
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    THORN, Toby Daniel resigned
    director
  8. 2020-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-18
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  10. 2018-10-10
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  11. 2017-12-08
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-01
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-08-20
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    THORN, Jago Alexander resigned
    director
  18. 2003-03-06
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRCULTURE LIMITED
  19. 2003-03-06
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    THORN, David appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-03-06
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    THORN, David appointed
    director
  21. 2003-03-06
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    THORN, Lynn Margaret appointed
    director
  22. 2003-03-06
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-03-06
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-03-06
    ➕
    THORN, Jago Alexander appointed
    director
  25. 2003-03-06
    ➕
    THORN, Toby Daniel appointed
    director
  26. 2003-03-06
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-03-06
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 82 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 David Thorn
Individual · British · DOB 10/1944 · age 82
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
Director Lynn Margaret Thorn
Individual · British · DOB 01/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47640 — SIC 47640

Registered office

Swiss Cottage, Belle Vue
Bude
Cornwall
EX23 8JS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

THORN, David→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-06
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Active
THORN, David→
director · ~82y · appointed 2003-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THORN, Lynn Margaret→
director · ~79y · appointed 2003-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-06 · resigned 2003-03-06
Resigned
THORN, Jago Alexander→
director · ~51y · appointed 2003-03-06 · resigned 2009-08-20
Resigned
THORN, Toby Daniel→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-03-06 · resigned 2021-01-31
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-06 · resigned 2003-03-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-18