AIRBORNE AVIONICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05913739 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-23
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30200
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 33170SIC 33170
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-13
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2023-06-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-06-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2015-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-08-23
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRBORNE AVIONICS LIMITED
  17. 2006-08-23
    ➕
    AHERNE, Susan Elaine appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-08-23
    ➕
    AHERNE, Michael James Cornelius, Mr. appointed
    director
  19. 2006-08-23
    ➕
    AHERNE, Susan Elaine 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 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

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 72 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 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael James Aherne
Individual · English · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-08-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC30200 — SIC 30200

Registered office

Pavilion Coach House
The Terrace
Oswaldkirk
North Yorkshire
YO62 5XZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

AHERNE, Susan Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-23
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Active
AHERNE, Michael James Cornelius, Mr.→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-08-23
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Active
AHERNE, Susan Elaine→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-08-23
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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-29
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-06-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25