AIRBLU LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07424252 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-29
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
65 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
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-07-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-06-30
    JOBSON, Adam James appointed
    director
  5. 2024-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-26
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2022-09-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2019-11-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2019-11-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2019-10-09
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  15. 2019-10-09
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  16. 2019-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-01-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-12-31
    BARRY, John Michael resigned
    director
  19. 2018-11-27
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  20. 2018-11-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2014-10-14
    JOBSON, Adam James resigned
    director
  22. 2014-10-14
    SAVAGE, Michael resigned
    director
  23. 2014-06-23
    BARRY, John Michael appointed
    director
  24. 2012-08-31
    JOBSON, Mark appointed
    director
  25. 2012-08-31
    JOBSON, Adam James appointed
    director
  26. 2011-03-03
    JOBSON, Tracy resigned
    director
  27. 2011-03-03
    SAVAGE, Michael appointed
    director
  28. 2011-02-23
    JOBSON, Mark resigned
    director
  29. 2011-02-23
    JOBSON, Tracy appointed
    director
  30. 2011-02-16
    JOBSON, Mark appointed
    director
  31. 2011-02-16
    ROSE, Laura Jane resigned
    director
  32. 2010-10-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AIRBLU LIMITED
  33. 2010-10-29
    JOBSON, Mark appointed
    director
  34. 2010-10-29
    JOBSON, Mark resigned
    director
  35. 2010-10-29
    ROSE, Laura Jane appointed
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

19/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — JOBSON, Adam James (same surname) appointed 2025-06-30. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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 Mark Jobson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/08/2019
Mrs Tracey Jobson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/08/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr John Barryceased 20/08/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Mark Jobsonceased 10/01/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2010-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

Invision House
Wilbury Way
Hitchin
SG4 0TY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

JOBSON, Adam James
director · ~36y · appointed 2025-06-30
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Active
JOBSON, Mark
director · ~61y · appointed 2012-08-31
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Active
BARRY, John Michael
director · ~69y · appointed 2014-06-23 · resigned 2018-12-31
Resigned
JOBSON, Adam James
director · ~36y · appointed 2012-08-31 · resigned 2014-10-14
Resigned
JOBSON, Mark
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-02-16 · resigned 2011-02-23
Resigned
JOBSON, Mark
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-10-29 · resigned 2010-10-29
Resigned
JOBSON, Tracy
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-02-23 · resigned 2011-03-03
Resigned
ROSE, Laura Jane
director · ~49y · appointed 2010-10-29 · resigned 2011-02-16
Resigned
SAVAGE, Michael
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-03-03 · resigned 2014-10-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-18