AEROGILITY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07013236 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-09

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 13.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.3y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 13.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (8 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	2500	2400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2025-09-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-05-30
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-05-30
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-05-30
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-26
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-05-25
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-05-24
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-05-18
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-11
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-09-28
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-09-28
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-08-30
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capital · SH02
2022-07-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
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officers · AP01
2021-03-01
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TAYLOR, Martin appointed
director
2021-01-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2019-10-01
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HENWOOD, Stephen Hugh appointed
director
2017-10-15
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STANFIELD, Caroline Jane appointed
director
2014-02-03
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HENWOOD, Stephen Hugh resigned
director
2013-03-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Rodney Hornstein, Stephen Henwood, Sidney Cordier and Brian Wilson
2012-07-22
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STANFIELD, John James resigned
director
2009-12-16
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CORDIER, Sidney Henry appointed
director
2009-12-16
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VICKERS, Gary Peter appointed
director
2009-12-16
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WILSON, Brian Richard appointed
director
2009-12-16
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HENWOOD, Stephen Hugh appointed
director
2009-09-30
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HORNSTEIN, Rodney Maxwell appointed
director
2009-09-30
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STANFIELD, John James appointed
director
2009-09-30
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WILSON, Maureen Patricia resigned
director
2009-09-09
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Company incorporated
As AEROGILITY LIMITED
2009-09-09
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WILSON, Brian Richard appointed
secretary
2009-09-09
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WILSON, Maureen Patricia appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Zmira Hornstein Individual · English · DOB 03/1938 · age 88	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	30/05/2023

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-09-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

5 St. John's Lane

London

EC1M 4BH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-23

Last: 2025-09-09