PREMIAIR COMFORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08859545 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-23
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 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35300
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-28
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  4. 2023-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-27
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    address · AD01
  6. 2023-04-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-04-06
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    HEDGES, Gillian appointed
    director
  8. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-23
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-12
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2017-12-31
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    CHAPPLE, Gillian resigned
    director
  16. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-04-06
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    CHAPPLE, Gillian appointed
    director
  19. 2015-02-20
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    BERRY, Mark David Richard resigned
    director
  20. 2014-01-23
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    Company incorporated
    As PREMIAIR COMFORT LIMITED
  21. 2014-01-23
    ➕
    HEDGES, David Liam appointed
    director
  22. 2014-01-23
    ➕
    BERRY, Mark David Richard 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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 12 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Liam Hedges
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

Bourne Business Centre
Milbourne Street
Carlisle
CA2 5XF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HEDGES, David Liam→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-01-23
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Active
HEDGES, Gillian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2023-04-06
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Active
BERRY, Mark David Richard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-01-23 · resigned 2015-02-20
Resigned
CHAPPLE, Gillian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-04-06 · resigned 2017-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22