AIRWAYS AIRSPORTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09346662 · ltd · incorporated 2014-12-09
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-92.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (74/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 £92,307

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£92k
Current Assets
£5k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£-43.9k
Current assets£5.1k
Debtors£239
Net assets£-92.3k

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-30
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    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-09-27
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  4. 2023-10-02
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-06
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-10
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-27
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-09
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2017-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-08-16
    ➕
    SNELL, Andrew appointed
    director
  13. 2017-08-16
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    BURKAL, Henrik Therkild resigned
    director
  14. 2017-08-16
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  15. 2017-08-16
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2017-08-16
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2017-08-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2017-08-16
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    address · AD01
  19. 2015-01-23
    ➕
    DAWES, Christopher Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2014-12-09
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRWAYS AIRSPORTS LIMITED
  21. 2014-12-09
    ➕
    BURKAL, Henrik Therkild appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
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.
  • 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 Andrew Snell
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares16/08/2017
Mr Christopher Paul Dawes
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/12/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Henrik Therkild Burkalceased 16/08/2017· 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
Incorporated2014-12-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

6 Manchester Road
Buxton
SK17 6SB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DAWES, Christopher Paul→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-01-23
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Active
SNELL, Andrew→
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-08-16
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Active
BURKAL, Henrik Therkild→
director · ~75y · appointed 2014-12-09 · resigned 2017-08-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-19