AEROMASTERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05924918 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-05
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.
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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, 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-31
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  2. 2024-03-28
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  3. 2023-05-05
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  4. 2022-05-17
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  5. 2021-05-06
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  6. 2020-02-25
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  7. 2019-06-05
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  8. 2018-01-30
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  9. 2017-02-03
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  10. 2016-02-10
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  11. 2015-10-08
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  12. 2015-10-08
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  13. 2015-10-06
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  14. 2015-02-17
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  15. 2014-09-11
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  16. 2006-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As AEROMASTERS LIMITED
  17. 2006-09-05
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    SMITH, Barbara appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-09-05
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    SMITH, Barbara appointed
    director
  19. 2006-09-05
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    SMITH, Stephen Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2006-09-05
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-09-05
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  22. 2006-09-05
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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  23. 2006-09-05
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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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 75 — 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 75 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Stephen Anthony Smith
Individual · British · DOB 09/1951 · age 75
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Cornerstone House
Midland Way Thornbury
Bristol
BS35 2BS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Barbara→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-05
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Active
SMITH, Barbara→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-09-05
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Active
SMITH, Stephen Anthony→
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-09-05
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-05 · resigned 2006-09-05
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-09-05 · resigned 2006-09-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-13
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accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-09-20