ADVANCED AIRCRAFT TRAINING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05836429 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-05
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.0y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
84 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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees500500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-16
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  6. 2023-03-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2023-03-16
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  8. 2023-03-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-03-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-03-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-06-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-08-06
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  15. 2020-07-20
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  16. 2020-07-17
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  17. 2020-07-17
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  18. 2020-07-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2020-07-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2020-07-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  21. 2020-06-18
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    Charge satisfied #3
  22. 2017-11-17
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Rowland resigned
    director
  23. 2016-09-08
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  24. 2016-08-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  25. 2016-06-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 2016-04-25
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    TAYLOR, Nicholas Scott appointed
    director
  27. 2011-04-11
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Margaret Sibbald appointed
    director
  28. 2009-06-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  29. 2009-03-30
    ➖
    TAYLOR, David John resigned
    director
  30. 2006-06-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED AIRCRAFT TRAINING LIMITED
  31. 2006-06-05
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Margaret Sibbald appointed
    secretary
  32. 2006-06-05
    ➕
    TAYLOR, David John appointed
    director
  33. 2006-06-05
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Rowland appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas Scott Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 11/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/06/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Margaret Sibbald Taylorceased 05/06/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Rowland Taylorceased 05/06/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Incorporated2006-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 1 Lancaster Way Business Park
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB6 3NW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TAYLOR, Margaret Sibbald→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Margaret Sibbald→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Nicholas Scott→
director · ~44y · appointed 2016-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, David John→
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-06-05 · resigned 2009-03-30
Resigned
TAYLOR, Rowland→
director · ~81y · appointed 2006-06-05 · resigned 2017-11-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property08/09/201618/06/2020
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property18/08/2016—
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property12/06/200901/06/2016
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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-16
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14