AEROCOOL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06902098 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 15.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£993.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 15.7y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 15.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £993,146
Cash YoY
+44%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£500k
↑ 44% YoY
Net Worth
£993k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£2.0m
↓ 5.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.14M | £929.6k |
| Current assets | £2.01M | £2.12M |
| Cash | £499.8k | £347.4k |
| Debtors | £747.7k | £1.22M |
| Net assets | £993.1k | £711.3k |
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.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-02📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2025-12-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-11-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-11-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-11-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-11-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-11-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-13➕ANDREWS, Christopher Geoffrey appointeddirector
- 2025-11-13➕HAFEZ, Daniel Marc appointeddirector
- 2025-11-13➕WRIGHT, Adam James appointeddirector
- 2025-11-13➖JONES, Iain Gareth resigneddirector
- 2025-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-01-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-03📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-12-03📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2010-11-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2009-05-11🏢Company incorporatedAs AEROCOOL LIMITED
- 2009-05-11➕HAFEZ, Antony Colin appointeddirector
- 2009-05-11➕JONES, Iain Gareth appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Aerocool Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Aerocool Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AEROCOOL LIMITED
This company · 06902098
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aerocool Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 13/11/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Iain Gareth Jonesceased 13/11/2025· significant influence
- Mr Antony Colin Hafezceased 13/11/2025· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-05-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 2a Swordfish Business Park Swordfish Close
Higgins Lane
Burscough
Lancashire
L40 8JW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
ANDREWS, Christopher Geoffrey→
Activedirector · ~34y · appointed 2025-11-13
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HAFEZ, Antony Colin→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2009-05-11
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HAFEZ, Daniel Marc→
Activedirector · ~31y · appointed 2025-11-13
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WRIGHT, Adam James→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2025-11-13
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JONES, Iain Gareth→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2009-05-11 · resigned 2025-11-13
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 11/11/2010 | — |
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Recent filings (59 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-12-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30