AIRDROPBOX LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08428370 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-04
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
49 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.

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 employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  2. 2025-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2025-01-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-06-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2024-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-05-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2022-03-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2021-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-07-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-07-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  16. 2021-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-03-31
    TAYLOR, Russell Guy resigned
    director
  19. 2017-01-11
    COOK, George Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2014-05-06
    COOK, George Michael resigned
    director
  21. 2014-05-06
    TAYLOR, Russell Guy appointed
    director
  22. 2013-03-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AIRDROPBOX LIMITED
  23. 2013-03-04
    COOK, George Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

Interim Use is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Interim Use
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
AIRDROPBOX LIMITED
This company · 08428370

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
Interim Use
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting30/03/2022
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Innovation Workshop Limitedceased 30/03/2022· 75-100% shares
  • Relief Aid Logisticsceased 30/06/2021· 75-100% shares
  • Strategic Support Limitedceased 31/05/2019· 75-100% shares
  • Relief Aid Logisticsceased 01/01/2019· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-03-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC30990 — SIC 30990

Registered office

16 Bower Street
Maidstone
Kent
ME16 8SD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

COOK, George Michael
director · ~70y · appointed 2017-01-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOK, George Michael
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-03-04 · resigned 2014-05-06
Resigned
TAYLOR, Russell Guy
director · ~74y · appointed 2014-05-06 · resigned 2018-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-04-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30