CIVIL AVIATION TECHNICAL TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05846366 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-14
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 13.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.54M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 54). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 13.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,535,960
Cash YoY
+39%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£817k
↑ 39% YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↑ 1.2% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↑ 5.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.54M | £1.54M |
| Current assets | £1.45M | £1.38M |
| Cash | £816.8k | £588.2k |
| Debtors | £575.1k | £710.2k |
| Net assets | £1.54M | £1.52M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-28➕OWEN, Jenny Claire appointeddirector
- 2023-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-08-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-08-12🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2020-08-12🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2019-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2013-01-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2012-12-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2010-10-01➖ISHAQ, Ishtiaq resigneddirector
- 2006-10-01➖SUMMERFIELD, John resigneddirector
- 2006-06-14🏢Company incorporatedAs CIVIL AVIATION TECHNICAL TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2006-06-14➕OWEN, David appointedsecretary
- 2006-06-14➕OWEN, David appointeddirector
- 2006-06-14➕ISHAQ, Ishtiaq appointeddirector
- 2006-06-14➕SUMMERFIELD, John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 Jenny Claire Owen Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 15/06/2016 |
Mr David Lee Owen Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 15/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-06-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education
Registered office
Brook Street Centre
Brook Street
Knutsford
Cheshire
WA16 8EB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-28
Last: 2026-06-14
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
OWEN, Jenny Claire→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2024-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ISHAQ, Ishtiaq→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2006-06-14 · resigned 2010-10-01
SUMMERFIELD, John→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2006-06-14 · resigned 2006-10-01
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 30/01/2013 | 12/08/2020 | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 13/12/2012 | 12/08/2020 |
Recent filings (63 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-21