AIRPORT CHAUFFEURS LONDON LTD

🌳Matureactive
09100174 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-24
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 Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
41 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
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312024-03-31
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-11
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2026-03-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2021-01-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2021-01-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2020-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-05-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2020-05-04
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    GHAFFUR, Tarique resigned
    director
  15. 2020-01-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2020-01-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2020-01-10
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    KEMP, James David resigned
    director
  18. 2020-01-10
    ➖
    WILLIS, Alan resigned
    director
  19. 2019-12-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  20. 2019-12-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2019-12-09
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    GHAFFUR, Tarique appointed
    director
  22. 2019-11-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2019-11-18
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    PURI, Ashok appointed
    director
  24. 2019-11-18
    ➕
    PURI, Manju appointed
    director
  25. 2014-06-24
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRPORT CHAUFFEURS LONDON LTD
  26. 2014-06-24
    ➕
    KEMP, James David appointed
    director
  27. 2014-06-24
    ➕
    WILLIS, Alan 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 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Meco Maitha Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Meco Maitha Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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AIRPORT CHAUFFEURS LONDON LTD
This company · 09100174

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
Meco Maitha Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares15/01/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Manju Puriceased 15/01/2021· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Ashok Puriceased 15/01/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2014-06-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

7 Redbridge Lane East
Ilford
Essex
IG4 5ET

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-07
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-08
Last: 2026-06-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PURI, Ashok→
director · ~71y · appointed 2019-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PURI, Manju→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GHAFFUR, Tarique→
director · ~71y · appointed 2019-12-09 · resigned 2020-05-04
Resigned
KEMP, James David→
director · ~50y · appointed 2014-06-24 · resigned 2020-01-10
Resigned
WILLIS, Alan→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-06-24 · resigned 2020-01-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-03
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-11
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-23
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-01-15