AEROSYNERGY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05499404 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
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
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
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees2100

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-24
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  3. 2024-01-25
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  4. 2024-01-23
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  5. 2024-01-11
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    LYONS, Maria Patricia appointed
    secretary
  6. 2023-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2019-06-30
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    CHARLTONS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  12. 2019-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-26
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-01-22
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2015-07-06
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    capital · SH01
  18. 2005-10-15
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    HARRIS, Martin resigned
    director
  19. 2005-10-15
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    PETERS, Philip Nigel resigned
    director
  20. 2005-07-05
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    Company incorporated
    As AEROSYNERGY LIMITED
  21. 2005-07-05
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    LYONS, Andrew Hamilton appointed
    director
  22. 2005-07-05
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    CHARLTONS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2005-07-05
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    OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-07-05
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    OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-07-05
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    HARRIS, Martin appointed
    director
  26. 2005-07-05
    ➕
    PETERS, Philip Nigel appointed
    director
  27. 2005-07-05
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    OCS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2005-07-05
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    OCS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Hamilton Lyons
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% 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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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
Incorporated2005-07-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis

Registered office

The Old Pump House
Oborne Road
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 3RX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

LYONS, Maria Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2024-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LYONS, Andrew Hamilton→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHARLTONS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-07-05 · resigned 2019-06-30
Resigned
OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-07-05 · resigned 2005-07-05
Resigned
HARRIS, Martin→
director · ~78y · appointed 2005-07-05 · resigned 2005-10-15
Resigned
PETERS, Philip Nigel→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-07-05 · resigned 2005-10-15
Resigned
OCS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-07-05 · resigned 2005-07-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-07-22