AIRSTREAM C & T LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04963033 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-13

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 Nov 2024

Net worth

£60.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

71 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £60,428

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£60k

↑ 40% YoY

Current Assets

£84k

↑ 10% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£71.4k	£48.7k
Current assets	£84.2k	£76.2k
Net assets	£60.4k	£43.3k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-08-28
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2022-07-06
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2021-08-26
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2020-09-08
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2019-03-01
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2018-08-13
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2017-04-28
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2016-07-13
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2015-03-05
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2015-01-07
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2011-12-08
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POLLARD, Pauline appointed
director
2007-11-22
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POLLARD, Pauline appointed
secretary
2007-11-22
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POLLARD, Heather resigned
secretary
2007-11-22
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POLLARD, Heather resigned
director
2004-10-22
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POLLARD, Heather appointed
director
2003-11-14
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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2003-11-14
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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2003-11-13
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Company incorporated
As AIRSTREAM C & T LIMITED
2003-11-13
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POLLARD, Graham Brian appointed
director
2003-11-13
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POLLARD, Heather appointed
secretary
2003-11-13
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
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2003-11-13
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
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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 72 — 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 72 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Graham Brian Pollard Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	13/11/2016
Mrs Pauline Pollard Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	13/11/2016

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

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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

Incorporated2003-11-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Claremont Parc Seymour

Penhow

Caldicot

Gwent

NP26 3AB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-27

Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

POLLARD, Pauline→

secretary · appointed 2007-11-22

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Active

POLLARD, Graham Brian→

director · ~70y · appointed 2003-11-13

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Active

POLLARD, Pauline→

director · ~72y · appointed 2011-12-08

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Active

POLLARD, Heather→

secretary · appointed 2003-11-13 · resigned 2007-11-22

Resigned

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-13 · resigned 2003-11-14

Resigned

POLLARD, Heather→

director · ~78y · appointed 2004-10-22 · resigned 2007-11-22

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-11-13 · resigned 2003-11-14

Resigned

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