ASTRA AVIATION SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05190565 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-27
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 14.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52230
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
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
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 mortgage
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-09
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    mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-number
    mortgage · MR05
  2. 2026-05-20
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  3. 2026-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-06-25
    ➕
    ROMERO JOSE, Maria Nuria appointed
    director
  7. 2024-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-05
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  15. 2018-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-16
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  17. 2017-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-02-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2004-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ASTRA AVIATION SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2004-07-27
    ➕
    VISTRA COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2004-07-27
    ➕
    EYRE, Philip James appointed
    director
  22. 2004-07-27
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-07-27
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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.
  • 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 Philip James Eyre
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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6 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
Incorporated2004-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52230 — SIC 52230

Registered office

Suite 1, 7th Floor 50 Broadway
London
SW1H 0BL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-10
Last: 2025-07-27

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

VISTRA COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-07-27
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Active
EYRE, Philip James→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-07-27
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Active
ROMERO JOSE, Maria Nuria→
director · ~62y · appointed 2024-06-25
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-27 · resigned 2004-07-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property24/02/2012—
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Recent filings (63 total)

mortgage-charge-whole-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2026-07-09
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-26