HYDRA-AIR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05676041 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-16

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

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

£82.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £82,711

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£83k

↑ 35% YoY

Current Assets

£121k

↑ 160% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Total assets	£84.0k	£67.6k
Current assets	£121.3k	£46.6k
Net assets	£82.7k	£61.3k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-02-24
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2022-04-11
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2021-03-15
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COVENTRY, Stephanie Jean appointed
director
2021-03-15
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COVENTRY, Steven Daniel appointed
director
2006-01-16
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Company incorporated
As HYDRA-AIR LIMITED
2006-01-16
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LEWIS, Diana appointed
secretary
2006-01-16
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LEWIS, Rob Melford appointed
director
2006-01-16
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-01-16
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SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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2006-01-16
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
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2006-01-16
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WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
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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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Steven Daniel Coventry Individual · British · DOB 11/1974 · age 52	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	15/03/2021
Mrs Stephanie Jean Coventry Individual · British · DOB 06/1978 · age 48	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	15/03/2021
Mr Rob Melford Lewis Individual · British · DOB 12/1944 · age 82	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Diana Lewis Individual · British · DOB 05/1947 · age 79	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2006-01-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment

Registered office

Oaktree Accountants Ltd

38 Bridge Street

Andover

SP10 1BW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-19

Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

LEWIS, Diana→

secretary · appointed 2006-01-16

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Active

COVENTRY, Stephanie Jean→

director · ~48y · appointed 2021-03-15

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Active

COVENTRY, Steven Daniel→

director · ~52y · appointed 2021-03-15

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Active

LEWIS, Rob Melford→

director · ~82y · appointed 2006-01-16

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Active

SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-16 · resigned 2006-01-16

Resigned

WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-16 · resigned 2006-01-16

Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-13

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accounts · AA

2026-02-24

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