AERO GB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05429286 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-19
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 20.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
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
Active trading company with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 85). 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 20.7y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
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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-£67k-£67k-£67k-£67k-£67k-£67kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets—£-67.5k
Debtors—£60
Net assets—£-67.5k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-02-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-02-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2026-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-04
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-08-04
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-08-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2021-08-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-07-31
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    JAMES, Graham Philip resigned
    director
  16. 2021-07-31
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    VARNISH, Peter resigned
    director
  17. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-04-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2020-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2020-04-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  21. 2016-09-30
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    WHITE, Barry John appointed
    director
  22. 2011-12-01
    ➕
    WHITE, Barry John appointed
    director
  23. 2011-12-01
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    WHITE, Barry John resigned
    director
  24. 2011-09-30
    ➕
    COOPER, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  25. 2011-09-30
    ➖
    COOPER, Sarah Louise resigned
    secretary
  26. 2011-09-30
    ➖
    COOPER, Sarah Louise resigned
    director
  27. 2011-09-30
    ➕
    JAMES, Graham Philip appointed
    director
  28. 2011-09-30
    ➖
    SMALL, Robin resigned
    director
  29. 2011-09-30
    ➕
    VARNISH, Peter appointed
    director
  30. 2011-06-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  31. 2005-11-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
  32. 2005-04-19
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    Company incorporated
    As AERO GB LIMITED
  33. 2005-04-19
    ➕
    COOPER, Stephen John appointed
    director
  34. 2005-04-19
    ➕
    COOPER, Sarah Louise appointed
    secretary
  35. 2005-04-19
    ➕
    COOPER, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  36. 2005-04-19
    ➕
    SMALL, Robin appointed
    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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 85 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 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
Stephen John Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 12/1969 · age 57
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Barry John White
Individual · British · DOB 10/1941 · age 85
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Peter Varnishceased 31/07/2021· significant influence
  • Mr Graham Philip Jamesceased 31/07/2021· significant influence

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
Incorporated2005-04-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Lake House 2 Port Way
Port Solent
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 4TY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

COOPER, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2011-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOPER, Stephen John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2005-04-19
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Active
WHITE, Barry John→
director · ~85y · appointed 2016-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOPER, Sarah Louise→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-19 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
COOPER, Sarah Louise→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-04-19 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
JAMES, Graham Philip→
director · ~72y · appointed 2011-09-30 · resigned 2021-07-31
Resigned
SMALL, Robin→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-04-19 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
VARNISH, Peter→
director · ~79y · appointed 2011-09-30 · resigned 2021-07-31
Resigned
WHITE, Barry John→
director · ~85y · appointed 2011-12-01 · resigned 2011-12-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lombard North Central
Lombard North Central PLC
Aircraft mortgage1 property22/11/200508/06/2011

Recent filings (99 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19