FREEAIR SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05388316 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-10

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 9.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35300

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.8y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 9.8 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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	1400	1200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-04-24
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officers · AP01
2026-04-23
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ROBINSON, Rachel appointed
director
2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2025-03-28
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accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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accounts · AA
2021-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-29
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accounts · AA
2018-11-13
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officers · TM01
2018-10-31
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COTTRELL, Thomas Alfred resigned
director
2018-03-25
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accounts · AA
2017-04-04
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mortgage · MR04
2017-04-04
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-03-23
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accounts · AA
2016-10-14
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mortgage · MR01
2016-09-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited
2015-01-05
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COTTRELL, Thomas Alfred appointed
director
2011-05-20
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ROBINSON, Mandy Ann resigned
secretary
2011-05-19
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ROBINSON, Mandy Ann resigned
secretary
2011-05-19
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ROBINSON, Mandy Ann resigned
director
2008-03-10
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ROBINSON, Mandy Ann appointed
secretary
2008-03-10
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ROBINSON, Mandy Ann appointed
director
2005-03-10
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Company incorporated
As FREEAIR SERVICES LIMITED
2005-03-10
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ROBINSON, Lee Scott appointed
director
2005-03-10
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ROBINSON, Mandy Ann appointed
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ROBINSON, Rachel (same surname) appointed 2026-04-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
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.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Lee Scott Robinson Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-03-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

Unit B2e Hamilton Business Park

Hamilton Way Hedge End

Southampton

Hampshire

SO30 2JR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-25

Last: 2026-04-11

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

ROBINSON, Lee Scott→

director · ~56y · appointed 2005-03-10

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Active

ROBINSON, Rachel→

director · ~49y · appointed 2026-04-23

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Active

ROBINSON, Mandy Ann→

secretary · appointed 2008-03-10 · resigned 2011-05-20

Resigned

ROBINSON, Mandy Ann→

secretary · appointed 2005-03-10 · resigned 2011-05-19

Resigned

COTTRELL, Thomas Alfred→

director · ~58y · appointed 2015-01-05 · resigned 2018-10-31

Resigned

ROBINSON, Mandy Ann→

director · ~58y · appointed 2008-03-10 · resigned 2011-05-19

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance Limited	A registered charge	—	30/09/2016	04/04/2017

Recent filings (65 total)

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officers · AP01

2026-04-24

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-24