AEROPRO LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06741901 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£71.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -31% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £71,531
Net assets shrinking
Down £24,799 YoY
Cash YoY
-31%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£72k
↓ 31% YoY
Net Worth
£72k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£72k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £71.5k | £96.3k |
| Current assets | £71.7k | £112.7k |
| Cash | £71.7k | £103.9k |
| Debtors | £51 | £8.8k |
| Net assets | £71.5k | £96.3k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-23📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-04-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-11-05🏢Company incorporatedAs AEROPRO LIMITED
- 2008-11-05➕OAKLEY, Janine Denise appointedsecretary
- 2008-11-05➕OAKLEY, Derek John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Janine Denise Oakley Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 05/11/2016 |
Mr Derek John Oakley Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 05/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-11-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities
Registered office
Delta 606 Welton Road
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN5 7XF
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
OAKLEY, Janine Denise→
Activesecretary · appointed 2008-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OAKLEY, Derek John→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2008-11-05
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Recent filings (45 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08