AIRDRUM LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05726050 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-01

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£5.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,621

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,907 YoY

Cash YoY

+73%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£19k

↑ 73% YoY

Net Worth

£6k

↓ 47% YoY

Current Assets

£34k

↑ 113% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£5.6k	£10.5k
Current assets	£33.5k	£15.8k
Cash	£18.5k	£10.7k
Debtors	£15.0k	£5.1k
Net assets	£5.6k	£10.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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accounts · AA
2024-12-09
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accounts · AA
2024-01-15
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accounts · AA
2023-01-27
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accounts · AA
2022-02-17
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accounts · AA
2021-01-27
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accounts · AA
2020-10-28
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officers · TM02
2020-10-28
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officers · TM01
2020-09-21
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WALKER, Claire Beverley resigned
secretary
2020-09-21
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WALKER, Claire Beverley resigned
director
2020-01-24
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accounts · AA
2019-10-16
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address · AD01
2019-03-21
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accounts · AA
2018-03-06
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accounts · AA
2017-11-15
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address · AD01
2017-05-09
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address · AD01
2017-02-24
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accounts · AA
2006-03-27
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WALKER, Mark Robert Thomas appointed
director
2006-03-27
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LUNN, Denis Christopher Carter resigned
secretary
2006-03-27
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WALKER, Claire Beverley appointed
secretary
2006-03-27
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GOOD, Jayne Elizabeth resigned
director
2006-03-27
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WALKER, Claire Beverley appointed
director
2006-03-01
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Company incorporated
As AIRDRUM LIMITED
2006-03-01
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LUNN, Denis Christopher Carter appointed
secretary
2006-03-01
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GOOD, Jayne Elizabeth appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Claire Beverley Walker Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Mark Robert Thomas Walker Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 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

Incorporated2006-03-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Juziers Drive

East Hoathly

East Sussex

BN8 6AE

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-15

Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

WALKER, Mark Robert Thomas→

director · ~64y · appointed 2006-03-27

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Active

LUNN, Denis Christopher Carter→

secretary · appointed 2006-03-01 · resigned 2006-03-27

Resigned

WALKER, Claire Beverley→

secretary · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2020-09-21

Resigned

GOOD, Jayne Elizabeth→

director · ~60y · appointed 2006-03-01 · resigned 2006-03-27

Resigned

WALKER, Claire Beverley→

director · ~65y · appointed 2006-03-27 · resigned 2020-09-21

Resigned

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