ACRO AIRCRAFT SEATING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05859680 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-27

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 30300

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 14.9y

25/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 14.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

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

Lenders & charges

8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (3 active, 19 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

147 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 101

Loss-making

Loss before tax £7,626,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 101

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£-7.63M	£-7.68M
Average employees	133	12200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (70 events)Click to expand

2026-02-13
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accounts · AA
2025-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-01
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CAIRNS, Neil resigned
director
2024-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
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FANG, Jessica Yinxuan appointed
secretary
2023-11-24
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CAINES, Michael Alan resigned
secretary
2023-11-24
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-11-24
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-06-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-10
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STROTHERS, Paul resigned
director
2023-06-01
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PLANT, Tommy George appointed
director
2023-01-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-05-11
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SHI, Jing resigned
director
2022-05-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2021-03-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-26
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SHI, Jing appointed
director
2021-02-11
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares-treasury-capital-date
capital · SH03
2021-02-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
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CAIRNS, Neil appointed
director
2020-07-29
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LAI, Ling Muk resigned
director
2020-07-29
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WANG, Xiaojie resigned
director
2019-12-02
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LEESE-WOOD, Christopher resigned
director
2019-10-30
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CAINES, Michael Alan appointed
secretary
2019-09-09
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LAI, Ling Muk appointed
director
2019-09-09
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LEESE-WOOD, Christopher appointed
director
2019-09-09
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STROTHERS, Paul appointed
director
2019-09-09
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WANG, Xiaojie appointed
director
2019-07-31
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Charge satisfied #8
2019-07-31
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Charge satisfied #7
2019-07-31
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Charge satisfied #6
2019-07-31
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-10-13
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BRADY, Christopher James, Mr. resigned
director
2018-10-13
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SHELTON, Laurie John resigned
director
2017-10-31
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CHEN, Yun appointed
director
2017-10-31
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DAVIES, Robert John resigned
director
2017-10-31
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KIRBY, Ben James Richmond resigned
director
2017-10-31
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LAWLER, Andrew Leslie resigned
director
2017-10-31
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STARKEY, David Edward resigned
director
2017-08-04
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Charge satisfied #3
2017-05-03
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2017-03-10
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited

Showing most recent 50 of 70 events

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Acro Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Acro Holdings Limited

Corporate parent

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ACRO AIRCRAFT SEATING LIMITED

This company · 05859680

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Acro Holdings Limited Corporate entity	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	31/10/2017

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr. Christopher James Bradyceased 31/10/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Business Growth Fund Plcceased 01/10/2017· 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.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-06-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC30300 — SIC 30300

Registered office

Acro Aircraft Seating Limited Eldon Way

Crick Industrial Estate

Crick

Northamptonshire

NN6 7SL

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-11

Last: 2025-06-27

Officers (3 active · 16 resigned)

FANG, Jessica Yinxuan→

secretary · appointed 2023-11-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CHEN, Yun→

director · ~32y · appointed 2017-10-31

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Active

PLANT, Tommy George→

director · ~58y · appointed 2023-06-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BRADY, Christopher James→

secretary · appointed 2006-06-27 · resigned 2016-04-20

Resigned

CAINES, Michael Alan→

secretary · appointed 2019-10-30 · resigned 2023-11-24

Resigned

COOK, Kevin Ean→

secretary · appointed 2016-04-20 · resigned 2016-09-16

Resigned

BRADY, Christopher James, Mr.→

director · ~58y · appointed 2006-06-27 · resigned 2018-10-13

Resigned

CAIRNS, Neil→

director · ~56y · appointed 2020-09-28 · resigned 2024-09-01

Resigned

COOK, Kevin Ean→

director · ~61y · appointed 2016-04-20 · resigned 2016-09-16

Resigned

DAVIES, Robert John→

director · ~72y · appointed 2015-11-03 · resigned 2017-10-31

Resigned

KIRBY, Ben James Richmond→

director · ~45y · appointed 2015-11-03 · resigned 2017-10-31

Resigned

LAI, Ling Muk→

director · ~61y · appointed 2019-09-09 · resigned 2020-07-29

Resigned

LAWLER, Andrew Leslie→

director · ~73y · appointed 2006-06-27 · resigned 2017-10-31

Resigned

LEESE-WOOD, Christopher→

director · ~62y · appointed 2019-09-09 · resigned 2019-12-02

Resigned

SHELTON, Laurie John→

director · ~50y · appointed 2016-12-14 · resigned 2018-10-13

Resigned

SHI, Jing→

director · ~44y · appointed 2021-02-26 · resigned 2022-05-11

Resigned

STARKEY, David Edward→

director · ~75y · appointed 2006-06-27 · resigned 2017-10-31

Resigned

STROTHERS, Paul→

director · ~66y · appointed 2019-09-09 · resigned 2023-06-10

Resigned

WANG, Xiaojie→

director · ~50y · appointed 2019-09-09 · resigned 2020-07-29

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	03/05/2017	31/07/2019
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited	A registered charge	—	10/03/2017	31/07/2019
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited	A registered charge	—	10/03/2017	31/07/2019
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	13/02/2017	—
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	13/02/2017	—
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	25/06/2013	04/08/2017
satisfied	Newsquest Pension Trustee Newsquest Pension Trustee Limited	Rent deposit deed	1 property	22/06/2012	20/10/2015
satisfied	Ingenious Resources Ingenious Resources Limited	Deed of security assignment	1 property	24/06/2011	31/07/2019

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Recent filings (147 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-01-29

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2024-09-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-03

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2024-09-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-11

appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date

officers · AP03

2023-11-24

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2023-11-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-27

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-06-20

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-06-14

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2023-01-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-22

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2022-12-20