AIRIA COMPRESSED AIR SOLUTIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06864962 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-31
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 16.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.1y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £908.0k |
| Current assets | — | £848.7k |
| Cash | — | £173.3k |
| Debtors | — | £523.6k |
| Net assets | — | £325.8k |
| Average employees | 13 | — |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-11-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-05📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-07-05📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2023-06-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-06-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-06-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-06-02➕DRUMMOND, Claire Natalie appointeddirector
- 2023-06-02➖BREWER, Paul resigneddirector
- 2023-01-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-01-20🔒Charge registered #4Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2022-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-03-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-03-20🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2015-08-13🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2010-05-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Noel Augustus Stewart and Joseph Randal Stewart
- 2009-03-31🏢Company incorporatedAs AIRIA COMPRESSED AIR SOLUTIONS LIMITED
- 2009-03-31➕DRUMMOND, Andrew John appointeddirector
- 2009-03-31➕BREWER, Paul appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Drummond Individual · British · DOB 06/1981 · age 45 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Paul Brewerceased 02/06/2023· 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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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities
Registered office
Unit B4 The Premier Centre
Abbey Park Industrial Estate
Romsey
Hampshire
SO51 9DG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DRUMMOND, Andrew John→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2009-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DRUMMOND, Claire Natalie→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2023-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BREWER, Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2023-06-02
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/01/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/03/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/08/2015 | — | |
| outstanding | Noel Augustus Stewart and Joseph Randal Stewart | Rent deposit security deed | 1 property | 12/05/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-07-05
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-07-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-12