BOSCOMBE DOWN AVIATION COLLECTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06258182 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2007-05-24

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 14.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Museum activities

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). 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 14.1y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 14.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (6 active, 19 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (52 events)Click to expand

2026-07-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-11
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HILL, Jeffrey appointed
director
2024-05-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-17
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BERRYMAN, David Geoffrey appointed
director
2024-05-17
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RICKSON, Stephanie Ann resigned
director
2024-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-08
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HODSON, Christopher Gordon appointed
director
2021-09-08
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WOOLLATT, David, Dr resigned
director
2021-06-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-03-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-22
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RICKSON, Stephanie Ann appointed
director
2019-12-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-22
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ASHMAN, Raymond John Leslie resigned
director
2019-10-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-09-11
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BEATTIE, Sidney Alexander resigned
director
2019-06-11
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2017-10-11
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ASHMAN, Raymond John Leslie appointed
director
2017-10-11
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BEATTIE, Sidney Alexander appointed
director
2017-09-30
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JOHNSON, Colin Joseph George resigned
director
2017-04-15
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JOHNSON, Colin Joseph George appointed
director
2017-04-15
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THORPE, Anthony Arnold Paul resigned
director
2013-09-01
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THORPE, Anthony Arnold Paul appointed
director
2013-08-03
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FODEN, David resigned
director
2013-07-03
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MOGG, Phillip Richard appointed
director
2013-07-03
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ROWSE, Victor George resigned
secretary
2013-07-03
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FODEN, David appointed
director
2013-07-03
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FULTON, Kim resigned
director
2013-07-03
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WOOLLATT, David, Dr appointed
director
2012-09-03
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ROBERTSON, David John resigned
director
2012-08-01
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ACTON, David William resigned
director
2012-06-21
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Charge registered #1
Lender: John Tristram Loveys Jervoise
2012-03-28
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FULTON, Kim appointed
director
2010-11-03
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ROWSE, Victor George appointed
secretary
2010-11-03
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YOUNG, Stephen Charles resigned
secretary
2010-11-03
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YOUNG, Stephen Charles resigned
director
2009-08-19
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ROBERTSON, David John appointed
director
2007-05-24
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Company incorporated
As BOSCOMBE DOWN AVIATION COLLECTION LIMITED
2007-05-24
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FULTON, Ronald appointed
director
2007-05-24
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SHARPE, John Henry appointed
director
2007-05-24
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YOUNG, Stephen Charles appointed
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 52 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Sqn Ldr John Sharpe Individual · British · DOB 10/1942 · age 84	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2007-05-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC91020 — Museum activities

Registered office

Hangar 1 South

Old Sarum Airfield Old Sarum

Salisbury

SP4 6DZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-07

Last: 2026-05-24