AIRBOURNE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05910039 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-18
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£772.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 77351
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -49% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £772,341
Net assets shrinking
Down £62,508 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 49% YoY
Cash YoY
-49%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£432k
↓ 49% YoY
Net Worth
£772k
↓ 7.5% YoY
Current Assets
£475k
↓ 45% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£173k£346k£518k£691k£864kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£998.5k£1.06M
Current assets£474.5k£864.1k
Cash£432.3k£841.3k
Debtors£24.1k£22.8k
Net assets£772.3k£834.8k

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

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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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-07
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-09
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  8. 2021-09-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-04-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2020-04-20
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    officers · CH03
  13. 2020-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-04-20
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-04-20
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    address · AD01
  16. 2020-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2006-08-18
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRBOURNE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  19. 2006-08-18
    ➕
    CLARK, Stuart James appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-08-18
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    CLARK, Ian Ellis appointed
    director
  21. 2006-08-18
    ➕
    CLARK, Stuart James appointed
    director
  22. 2006-08-18
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    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2006-08-18
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    RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +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

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Ellis Clark
Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Stuart James Clark
Individual · British · DOB 07/1973 · age 53
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-08-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77351 — SIC 77351

Registered office

Five Acres Heath Road
Gamlingay
Sandy
Bedfordshire
SG19 3LH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-14
Last: 2025-06-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

CLARK, Stuart James→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-18
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Active
CLARK, Ian Ellis→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-08-18
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Active
CLARK, Stuart James→
director · ~53y · appointed 2006-08-18
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Active
RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-08-18 · resigned 2006-08-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-17