AIREY & HEANEY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07345630 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-13
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£337.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
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
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
40 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £337,697
Very low cash
Cash position: £2
Net assets shrinking
Down £487 YoY
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2
~ YoY
Net Worth
£338k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£248k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£68k£135k£203k£271k£338kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£337.7k£338.2k
Current assets£247.9k£248.4k
Cash£2£2
Debtors£247.9k£248.4k
Net assets£337.7k£338.2k

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

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-24
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  7. 2023-01-24
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  8. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-08-13
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    Company incorporated
    As AIREY & HEANEY LIMITED
  17. 2010-08-13
    ➕
    AIREY, Paul appointed
    director
  18. 2010-08-13
    ➕
    HEANEY, Sean Simon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "AIREY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Airey
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Sean Simon Heaney
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-08-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

6 Corby Hall Drive
Sunderland
SR2 7HZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AIREY, Paul→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-08-13
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Active
HEANEY, Sean Simon→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (40 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2023-01-24
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-18