APMS AVIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07411839 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-19
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
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accounts
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£0£618k£1.2m£1.9m£2.5m£3.1mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets—£3.14M
Current assets—£3.09M
Net assets—£3.08M
Average employees1000—

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-03
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  2. 2024-09-03
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  3. 2023-09-25
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  4. 2022-09-02
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  5. 2021-06-10
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  6. 2020-07-28
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  7. 2019-04-17
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  8. 2018-09-14
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  9. 2017-09-12
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  10. 2017-03-27
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    LOOSMORE, Catherine appointed
    director
  11. 2017-03-27
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  12. 2016-08-31
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  13. 2015-10-27
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  14. 2015-04-10
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  15. 2014-10-21
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  16. 2014-01-23
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  17. 2013-12-31
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    LARKIN, John Leo appointed
    director
  18. 2013-12-31
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    PRICE, Richard appointed
    director
  19. 2013-12-31
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    DONALD, Alexander James resigned
    director
  20. 2013-12-31
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    LOOSMORE, Christopher Kenneth resigned
    director
  21. 2010-10-19
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    Company incorporated
    As APMS AVIATION LIMITED
  22. 2010-10-19
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    DONALD, Alexander James appointed
    director
  23. 2010-10-19
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    LOOSMORE, Christopher Kenneth 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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.)

Group structure

Phixos Investments Ag is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Phixos Investments Ag
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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APMS AVIATION LIMITED
This company · 07411839

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Phixos Investments Ag
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-10-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Teme House Whittington Road
Whittington
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 2RY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LARKIN, John Leo→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOOSMORE, Catherine→
director · ~53y · appointed 2017-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRICE, Richard→
director · ~72y · appointed 2013-12-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DONALD, Alexander James→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-10-19 · resigned 2013-12-31
Resigned
LOOSMORE, Christopher Kenneth→
director · ~75y · appointed 2010-10-19 · resigned 2013-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

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2025-10-21
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2025-07-03
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2024-10-24
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2024-09-03
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2023-10-23
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2023-09-25
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2022-10-19
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2022-09-02
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2021-10-20
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2021-06-10
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2020-10-19
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2020-07-28
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2019-10-21
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2019-04-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-22