AERO EXPRESS AVIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07474107 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-20
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
£1.01M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33160
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £1,006,611

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.0m
↑ 5.7% YoY
Current Assets
£1.0m
↑ 5.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£201k£403k£604k£805k£1.0mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.01M£952.8k
Current assets£1.00M£949.6k
Net assets£1.01M£952.2k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-02
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-04-14
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-09-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-09-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2023-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2020-01-01
    ➕
    CURRAN, Peter Joseph appointed
    director
  14. 2019-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-06-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2019-06-01
    ➕
    CURRAN, James Peter appointed
    director
  18. 2019-06-01
    ➖
    CURRAN, Peter Joseph resigned
    director
  19. 2018-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-01-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  21. 2015-05-27
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    VINES, Kathleen resigned
    director
  22. 2010-12-20
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    Company incorporated
    As AERO EXPRESS AVIATION LIMITED
  23. 2010-12-20
    ➕
    CURRAN, Peter Joseph appointed
    director
  24. 2010-12-20
    ➕
    VINES, Kathleen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Joseph Curran
Individual · British · DOB 03/1948 · age 78
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Kathleen Vinesceased 01/01/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2010-12-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33160 — SIC 33160

Registered office

48 North Twelfth Street
Milton Keynes
MK9 3BT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CURRAN, James Peter→
director · ~38y · appointed 2019-06-01
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Active
CURRAN, Peter Joseph→
director · ~78y · appointed 2020-01-01
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Active
CURRAN, Peter Joseph→
director · ~78y · appointed 2010-12-20 · resigned 2019-06-01
Resigned
VINES, Kathleen→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-12-20 · resigned 2015-05-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-31
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-15
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30