AIR POWER AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04864168 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-12
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30300
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
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 £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£1£1£1Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£1£1
Current assets£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-10
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-19
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-24
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    TRUGLIA, Vito Gianfranco appointed
    director
  13. 2017-02-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2016-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-09-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-06-25
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    CLIFFORD, Susan appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-06-25
    ➕
    CLIFFORD, Steven appointed
    director
  19. 2004-06-25
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    DOWNS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2004-06-25
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    REGENT ROAD NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2003-08-12
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    Company incorporated
    As AIR POWER AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
  22. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    DOWNS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-08-12
    ➕
    REGENT ROAD NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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 22 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.)

Group structure

Air Power Technologies Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Air Power Technologies Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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AIR POWER AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
This company · 04864168

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Air Power Technologies Group Ltd
Corporate entity
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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-08-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC30300 — SIC 30300

Registered office

4 Highgrove Drive
Chellaston
Derby
Derbyshire
DE73 5XA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CLIFFORD, Susan→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLIFFORD, Steven→
director · ~74y · appointed 2004-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRUGLIA, Vito Gianfranco→
director · ~60y · appointed 2017-02-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOWNS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-12 · resigned 2004-06-25
Resigned
REGENT ROAD NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-12 · resigned 2004-06-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-19