AIRWORKS TRAINING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07566524 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-16
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-32.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £32,421
Very low cash
Cash position: £2
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£32k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£41k
↑ 7.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£32k-£18k-£3k£11k£26k£41kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-30.4k£-17.7k
Current assets£40.6k£37.6k
Cash£2£2
Debtors£40.6k£37.6k
Net assets£-32.4k£-22.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-11
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  2. 2025-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-22
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  5. 2022-04-01
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  6. 2021-04-28
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-04
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2019-11-04
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    LANCASTER, John Edward resigned
    director
  11. 2019-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-25
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  13. 2017-05-23
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  14. 2016-10-04
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    address · AD03
  15. 2016-06-02
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-04-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2011-03-16
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRWORKS TRAINING LIMITED
  18. 2011-03-16
    ➕
    PURDIE, Diana appointed
    secretary
  19. 2011-03-16
    ➕
    PURDIE, Diana appointed
    director
  20. 2011-03-16
    ➕
    PURDIE, Stephen Antony appointed
    director
  21. 2011-03-16
    ➕
    LANCASTER, John Edward appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63. 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Stephen Antony Purdie
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Diana Purdie
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-03-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Unit 4 Stone Cross Farm Industrial Park
Lewes Road, Laughton
Lewes
East Sussex
BN8 6BN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

PURDIE, Diana→
secretary · appointed 2011-03-16
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Active
PURDIE, Diana→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-03-16
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Active
PURDIE, Stephen Antony→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-03-16
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Active
LANCASTER, John Edward→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-03-16 · resigned 2019-11-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2026-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-24