AIREARTH ENERGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05319810 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-22
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43220Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
60 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-12
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-24
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2022-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-12-16
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  10. 2021-12-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2021-12-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2021-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-12-22
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    Company incorporated
    As AIREARTH ENERGY LIMITED
  17. 2004-12-22
    ➕
    HOBBS, Christine Anne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-12-22
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    HOBBS, Christine Anne appointed
    director
  19. 2004-12-22
    ➕
    HOBBS, Ian Christopher appointed
    director
  20. 2004-12-22
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-12-22
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-12-22
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2004-12-22
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Christopher Hobbs
Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Christine Anne Hobbs
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-12-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Unit 8 Charlton Business Park
Westfield Industrial Estate
Radstock
BA3 4BE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HOBBS, Christine Anne→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOBBS, Christine Anne→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOBBS, Ian Christopher→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-12-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-12-22 · resigned 2004-12-22
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-12-22 · resigned 2004-12-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-12-16