AIR CONDITIONING ACCESSORIES (NORTH WEST) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05735112 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-08
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 15.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
62 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees700700

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-18
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    YATES, Janet Mary resigned
    director
  3. 2025-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-18
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    STEWART, Lorraine Sarah appointed
    director
  12. 2019-03-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2018-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-01-01
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2017-01-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2014-12-15
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    YATES, Janet Mary appointed
    director
  19. 2011-04-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Brixton (Westbrook Trafford Park) Limited and Brixton (Trafford Park Estates) Limited
  20. 2006-05-08
    ➕
    STEWART, Richard John appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-05-08
    ➕
    HEADINGTON, Brian James appointed
    director
  22. 2006-05-08
    ➖
    STEWART, Lorraine Sarah resigned
    secretary
  23. 2006-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As AIR CONDITIONING ACCESSORIES (NORTH WEST) LIMITED
  24. 2006-03-08
    ➕
    STEWART, Richard John appointed
    director
  25. 2006-03-08
    ➕
    STEWART, Lorraine Sarah appointed
    secretary
  26. 2006-03-08
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2006-03-08
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2006-03-08
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2006-03-08
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard John Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Lorraine Sarah Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/01/2018
Mr Brian James Headington
Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
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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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
Incorporated2006-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

Herriot Lodge
13 Oatlands Drive
Harrogate
North Yorkshire
HG2 8JT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

STEWART, Richard John→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEADINGTON, Brian James→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-05-08
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Active
STEWART, Lorraine Sarah→
director · ~60y · appointed 2019-12-18
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Active
STEWART, Richard John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-03-08
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Active
STEWART, Lorraine Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-08 · resigned 2006-05-08
Resigned
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-08 · resigned 2006-03-08
Resigned
YATES, Janet Mary→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-12-15 · resigned 2026-03-18
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-08 · resigned 2006-03-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Brixton (Westbrook Trafford Park) and Brixton (Trafford Park Estates)
Brixton (Westbrook Trafford Park) Limited and Brixton (Trafford Park Estates) Limited
Rent deposit deed1 property21/04/2011—
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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-01-22