AIR PILLOWS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06843035 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-11
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£477.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle 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 (79/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £477,939
Net assets shrinking
Down £43,877 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£478k
↓ 8.4% YoY
Current Assets
£478k
↓ 8.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£105k£210k£315k£420k£525kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£477.9k£521.8k
Current assets£477.9k£524.8k
Net assets£477.9k£521.8k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-03
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  2. 2024-11-10
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  3. 2023-11-23
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  4. 2022-11-28
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  5. 2021-11-11
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  6. 2020-05-26
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  7. 2019-11-30
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  8. 2019-11-21
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  9. 2019-11-21
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  10. 2019-11-21
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    address · AD01
  11. 2019-11-21
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  12. 2019-11-21
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  13. 2018-12-21
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  14. 2018-01-29
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    address · AD01
  15. 2017-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-03-13
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    COOPER, Catherine appointed
    director
  17. 2009-03-11
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    Company incorporated
    As AIR PILLOWS LIMITED
  18. 2009-03-11
    ➕
    COOPER, Catherine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-03-11
    ➕
    COOPER, David Laurence 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 17 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Laurence Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Catherine Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28290 — SIC 28290

Registered office

1 Weaver Close
Long Crendon
Aylesbury
Bucks
HP18 9FA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

COOPER, Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-11
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Active
COOPER, Catherine→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-03-13
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Active
COOPER, David Laurence→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-03-11
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Active

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Recent filings (48 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
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2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-11-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-11-21