AIREBOX LTD

🌳Matureactive
06147737 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-09
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 5.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£5.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,956

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£991£2k£3k£4k£5kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.0k£5.0k
Debtors£924£250.9k
Net assets£5.0k£5.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-11-30
    ➖
    COOKE, Carlton Mcmurray resigned
    director
  4. 2025-07-14
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  5. 2025-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-10-05
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  9. 2023-10-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2023-09-27
    📄
    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  11. 2023-09-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2023-09-12
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2023-09-04
    ➖
    GILL, Paul resigned
    director
  14. 2023-04-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2023-04-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2021-01-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2021-01-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2020-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2014-04-04
    ➖
    SWEET, Terry resigned
    director
  23. 2009-01-01
    ➕
    SWEET, Terry appointed
    director
  24. 2007-03-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AIREBOX LTD
  25. 2007-03-09
    ➕
    GILL, John Michael appointed
    secretary
  26. 2007-03-09
    ➕
    GILL, John Michael appointed
    director
  27. 2007-03-09
    ➕
    LEADBETTER, Kevin appointed
    director
  28. 2007-03-09
    ➕
    COOKE, Carlton Mcmurray appointed
    director
  29. 2007-03-09
    ➕
    GILL, Paul appointed
    director

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 John Michael Gill
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Paul Gillceased 04/09/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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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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
Incorporated2007-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 1 Gelderd Park
Gelderd Road
Leeds
LS12 6HJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GILL, John Michael→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILL, John Michael→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEADBETTER, Kevin→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOKE, Carlton Mcmurray→
director · ~72y · appointed 2007-03-09 · resigned 2025-11-30
Resigned
GILL, Paul→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-03-09 · resigned 2023-09-04
Resigned
SWEET, Terry→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-01-01 · resigned 2014-04-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—11/01/2021—
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Recent filings (78 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-10-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-03
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-09-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-12