AIRBOE COMPONENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05724607 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-28
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200400

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
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-10-21
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  3. 2023-11-21
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  4. 2022-11-25
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  5. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  9. 2019-10-24
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  10. 2019-10-24
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  11. 2019-10-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-11-15
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-10-25
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    officers · TM02
  16. 2016-07-22
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    HARDYMAN BROOKS, Lewis Mace resigned
    secretary
  17. 2015-02-26
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    MCINTYRE, Philip Freestone appointed
    director
  18. 2015-02-26
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    HARDYMAN BROOKS, Lewis Mace appointed
    secretary
  19. 2015-02-26
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    PALMER, Gordon Neil Malcolm resigned
    secretary
  20. 2010-03-05
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    MCINTYRE, Michelle Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2010-03-05
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    MCINTYRE, Michelle Anne resigned
    secretary
  22. 2010-03-05
    ➕
    PALMER, Gordon Neil Malcolm appointed
    secretary
  23. 2010-03-05
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    MCINTYRE, Philip Freestone resigned
    director
  24. 2006-02-28
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRBOE COMPONENTS LIMITED
  25. 2006-02-28
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    MCINTYRE, Michelle Anne appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-02-28
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-02-28
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2006-02-28
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    MCINTYRE, Philip Freestone appointed
    director
  29. 2006-02-28
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2006-02-28
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Freestone Mcintyre
Individual · British · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Ms Michelle Anne Mcintyre
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Belgrave House
39-43 Monument Hill
Weybridge
Surrey
KT13 8RN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

MCINTYRE, Michelle Anne→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCINTYRE, Philip Freestone→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-02-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARDYMAN BROOKS, Lewis Mace→
secretary · appointed 2015-02-26 · resigned 2016-07-22
Resigned
MCINTYRE, Michelle Anne→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-28 · resigned 2010-03-05
Resigned
PALMER, Gordon Neil Malcolm→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-05 · resigned 2015-02-26
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-02-28 · resigned 2006-02-28
Resigned
MCINTYRE, Philip Freestone→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-02-28 · resigned 2010-03-05
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-02-28 · resigned 2006-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
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accounts · AA
2025-10-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-24