AIRPORT PARKING NORTHERN LIMITED

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07312852 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£178
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -72% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £178
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,068 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 72% YoY
Cash YoY
-72%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£328
↓ 72% YoY
Net Worth
£178
↓ 86% YoY
Current Assets
£874
↓ 53% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£372£745£1k£1k£2kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£178£1.2k
Current assets£874£1.9k
Cash£328£1.2k
Debtors£546£694
Net assets£178£1.2k

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

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1 signal 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-27
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2023-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-15
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    address · AD01
  8. 2021-08-03
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    address · AD01
  9. 2020-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-19
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-07-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRPORT PARKING NORTHERN LIMITED
  17. 2010-07-13
    ➕
    COOK, David John appointed
    director
  18. 2010-07-13
    ➕
    COOK, Rosanna Maria appointed
    director

Owner dependency

96/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 72 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Rosanna Maria Cook
Individual · English · DOB 06/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mr David John Cook
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
——sig. influencesignificant influence13/07/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

12 Mattersey Road
Sutton
Retford
DN22 8PW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COOK, David John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-07-13
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Active
COOK, Rosanna Maria→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-07-13
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Active

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Recent filings (37 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-14