AIR TEC HOLDINGS LTD
🌳Matureactive
07039924 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-13
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
£135.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.4y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £135,000
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£135k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£135k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £135.0k | £135.0k |
| Current assets | £135.0k | £135.0k |
| Net assets | £135.0k | £135.0k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-18📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2025-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-04📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-01-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-04📄change-person-director-companyofficers · CH01
- 2024-01-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-12-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Meif Wm Debt LP Acting by Its General Partner Maven Meif (Wm) Gp (One) Limited
- 2023-11-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-11-16➕VITAI, Attila appointeddirector
- 2023-11-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-23✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-02-02➖MOBLEY, Anthony John resignedsecretary
- 2015-02-02➖MOBLEY, Anthony resigneddirector
- 2009-10-13🏢Company incorporatedAs AIR TEC HOLDINGS LTD
- 2009-10-13➕SIDDLE, Graham appointeddirector
- 2009-10-13➕MOBLEY, Anthony John appointedsecretary
- 2009-10-13➕MOBLEY, Anthony appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Deborah Mobley Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Graham Siddle Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Airtube Technologies Limitedceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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
Incorporated2009-10-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990
Registered office
2 Pavilion Court
600 Pavilion Drive
Northampton
NN4 7SL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-16
Last: 2025-09-02
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
SIDDLE, Graham→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2009-10-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VITAI, Attila→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2023-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MOBLEY, Anthony John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-10-13 · resigned 2015-02-02
MOBLEY, Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2009-10-13 · resigned 2015-02-02
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Meif Wm Debt LP Acting by Its General Partner Maven Meif (Wm) Gp (One) Meif Wm Debt LP Acting by Its General Partner Maven Meif (Wm) Gp (One) Limited | A registered charge | — | 21/12/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-04
change-person-director-company
officers · CH01
2024-01-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-03