AERO TECHNICS (MANCHESTER) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07457963 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-02

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 13.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒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: SIC 33160

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.9y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 13.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	2600	2300

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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accounts · AA
2025-12-09
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officers · CH01
2025-04-14
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officers · AP01
2025-04-14
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officers · TM01
2025-04-02
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POTTS, Victoria appointed
director
2025-03-31
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ERRIDGE, David resigned
director
2024-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-03-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-07
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-16
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address · AD01
2024-01-04
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-24
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officers · AP03
2020-08-24
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-08-24
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-08-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-13
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GRAY, Jonathan Paul appointed
secretary
2020-08-13
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CLORAN, Steven Lindsay appointed
director
2020-08-13
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ELLIS, Michael David appointed
director
2020-08-13
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GRAY, Jonathan Paul appointed
director
2020-08-13
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ERRIDGE, David appointed
director
2020-08-13
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FAULKNER, Mark Carl resigned
director
2020-08-13
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PERKINS, Stephen Edward resigned
director
2019-09-30
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PERKINS, Stephen Edward appointed
director
2019-07-31
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CLORAN, Steven Lindsay resigned
director
2018-06-30
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CLEMENTS, Roger George resigned
director
2018-06-25
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FAULKNER, Mark Carl appointed
director
2017-08-25
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CLEMENTS, Roger George appointed
director
2017-08-25
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LAWES, Paul Raymond resigned
director
2016-11-08
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties (Security Agent)
2015-11-30
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LAWES, Paul Raymond appointed
director
2015-11-19
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Charge satisfied #1
2014-06-30
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PAYNE, Nicholas Donald resigned
secretary
2014-06-30
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PAYNE, Nicholas Donald resigned
director
2012-06-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Aero Technics LTD
2010-12-02
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Company incorporated
As AERO TECHNICS (MANCHESTER) LIMITED
2010-12-02
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PAYNE, Nicholas Donald appointed
secretary
2010-12-02
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CLORAN, Steven Lindsay appointed
director
2010-12-02
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PAYNE, Nicholas Donald appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Aircraft Technical Management Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aircraft Technical Management Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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AERO TECHNICS (MANCHESTER) LIMITED

This company · 07457963

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Aircraft Technical Management Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	07/03/2024

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Steven Lindsay Cloranceased 07/03/2024· significant influence
Mr Michael David Ellisceased 07/03/2024· significant influence
Trenchard Aviation Limitedceased 13/08/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2010-12-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33160 — SIC 33160

Registered office

Mountbatten House

Grosvenor Square

Southampton

SO15 2JU

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-22

Last: 2025-07-08