AEROPLANE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05243071 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-27
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£-129.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 51102
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £129,608

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£130k
↓ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£16k
↑ 55% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£130k-£100k-£71k-£42k-£13k£16kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£85.1k£8.3k
Current assets£16.4k£10.6k
Net assets£-129.6k£-126.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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 (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2024-05-15
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  4. 2024-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2018-08-09
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2018-08-01
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    TOLHURST, Paul appointed
    director
  13. 2018-08-01
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    DE STE CROIX, Anthony resigned
    director
  14. 2018-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-10-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2006-09-11
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    PHELPS, Carol appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-09-09
    ➖
    SMITH, Denise resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-09-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AEROPLANE LIMITED
  21. 2004-09-27
    ➕
    HOLLANDS, Elizabeth Ann appointed
    director
  22. 2004-09-27
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, David Albert appointed
    director
  23. 2004-09-27
    ➕
    PRYDE, Andrew Stuart appointed
    director
  24. 2004-09-27
    ➕
    SMITH, Denise appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-09-27
    ➕
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-09-27
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    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2004-09-27
    ➕
    DE STE CROIX, Anthony appointed
    director
  28. 2004-09-27
    ➕
    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2004-09-27
    ➖
    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-09-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC51102 — SIC 51102

Registered office

Bridewell House
Bridewell Lane
Tenterden
Kent
TN30 6FA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-11
Last: 2025-09-27

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

PHELPS, Carol→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLLANDS, Elizabeth Ann→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHILLIPS, David Albert→
director · ~82y · appointed 2004-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRYDE, Andrew Stuart→
director · ~52y · appointed 2004-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOLHURST, Paul→
director · ~66y · appointed 2018-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Denise→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-27 · resigned 2006-09-09
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-09-27 · resigned 2004-09-27
Resigned
DE STE CROIX, Anthony→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-09-27 · resigned 2018-08-01
Resigned
INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-09-27 · resigned 2004-09-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-03