AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING CONSULTANCY LTD

🌳Matureactive
08441865 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-12
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-30
Average employees200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-03
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-18
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-10-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-10-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-10-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-03-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-03-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING CONSULTANCY LTD
  18. 2013-03-12
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Malcolm David appointed
    director
  19. 2013-03-12
    ➕
    WRIGHT, Mary Catherine appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Mary Catherine Wright
Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mr Malcolm David Wright
Individual · British · DOB 08/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2013-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Thomas House Meadowcroft Business Park
Pope Lane, Whitestake
Preston
Lancashire
PR4 4AZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-26
Last: 2026-03-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WRIGHT, Malcolm David→
director · ~73y · appointed 2013-03-12
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WRIGHT, Mary Catherine→
director · ~76y · appointed 2013-03-12
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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-25