AIR POWER MARINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04985114 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-04

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£1

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 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

57 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 £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1

~ YoY

Current Assets

£1

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-06
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2025-03-10
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2024-09-19
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2023-06-20
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2022-09-12
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2021-08-26
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2020-09-23
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accounts · AA
2019-10-30
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officers · CH01
2019-09-19
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accounts · AA
2018-09-28
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accounts · AA
2017-08-29
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accounts · AA
2017-02-24
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TRUGLIA, Vito Gianfranco appointed
director
2017-02-24
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officers · AP01
2016-05-11
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accounts · AA
2015-12-10
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2015-03-09
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accounts · AA
2004-01-12
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CLIFFORD, Susan appointed
secretary
2004-01-12
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CLIFFORD, Steven appointed
director
2004-01-12
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DOWNS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-01-12
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REGENT ROAD NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2003-12-04
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Company incorporated
As AIR POWER MARINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
2003-12-04
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DOWNS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2003-12-04
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REGENT ROAD NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-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 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 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.)

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 MARINE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

This company · 04985114

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Air Power Technologies Group Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-12-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

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: 2026-12-18

Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CLIFFORD, Susan→

secretary · appointed 2004-01-12

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Active

CLIFFORD, Steven→

director · ~74y · appointed 2004-01-12

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Active

TRUGLIA, Vito Gianfranco→

director · ~60y · appointed 2017-02-24

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Active

DOWNS NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-12-04 · resigned 2004-01-12

Resigned

REGENT ROAD NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2003-12-04 · resigned 2004-01-12

Resigned

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