AIR ARTIST AGENCY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07001969 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-26
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities to performing arts
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £-30.5k |
| Current assets | — | £38.1k |
| Cash | — | £20.2k |
| Debtors | — | £17.9k |
| Net assets | — | £-45.3k |
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
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-07-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-01➖BATES-BERRY, Sheela resigneddirector
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-03-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2009-08-26🏢Company incorporatedAs AIR ARTIST AGENCY LIMITED
- 2009-08-26➕CONNOR, Marc Lee appointeddirector
- 2009-08-26➕HOPPE, Burkhard appointeddirector
- 2009-08-26➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-08-26➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-08-26➕BATES-BERRY, Sheela appointeddirector
- 2009-08-26➕DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola appointeddirector
- 2009-08-26➖DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola resigneddirector
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Burkhard Hoppe Individual · German · DOB 10/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 26/08/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Ms Sheela Bates-Berryceased 23/08/2018· significant influence
- Mr Mark Lee Connorceased 23/08/2018· 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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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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
Incorporated2009-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90020 — Support activities to performing arts
Registered office
Harben House Harben Parade
Finchley Road
London
NW3 6LH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-09
Last: 2025-08-26
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
CONNOR, Marc Lee→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2009-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOPPE, Burkhard→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2009-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2009-08-26 · resigned 2009-08-26
BATES-BERRY, Sheela→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2009-08-26 · resigned 2024-04-01
DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2009-08-26 · resigned 2009-08-26
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (76 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29