AIR ENGINEERING LTD

🌳Matureactive
06861359 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-27
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    DAVIES, Michael resigned
    director
  10. 2019-03-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-03-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-03-22
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    MANTON, Paul resigned
    director
  13. 2018-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-03-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-03-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2018-03-20
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    DALY, Richard William appointed
    director
  18. 2017-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2012-04-23
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    BURTON, Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2012-04-23
    ➕
    MANTON, Paul appointed
    director
  21. 2009-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As AIR ENGINEERING LTD
  22. 2009-03-27
    ➕
    DAVIES, Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Burton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares27/03/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Michael Daviesceased 27/03/2018· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated2009-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

Units 10-12 St Johns Industrial Estate
Lees
Oldham
OL4 3DZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BURTON, Michael→
director · ~51y · appointed 2012-04-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALY, Richard William→
director · ~50y · appointed 2018-03-20
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Active
DAVIES, Michael→
director · ~74y · appointed 2009-03-27 · resigned 2019-03-27
Resigned
MANTON, Paul→
director · ~71y · appointed 2012-04-23 · resigned 2019-03-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-05-08