AIR-BRITAIN (TRADING) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09536965 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-10

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Book publishing

Sector: Information & communication

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 (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	1500	1500

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-04-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-28
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MITCHELL, Stephen John appointed
director
2026-04-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-01
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MITCHELL, Stephen John resigned
director
2025-10-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-09
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MITCHELL, Stephen John appointed
director
2025-05-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-15
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RICE, Michael Graham resigned
director
2022-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-08
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EARLE, Susan Jayne appointed
director
2022-10-08
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DINGLEY, Nigel Albert resigned
director
2021-10-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-02
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MEAGHER, Sean Colin resigned
director
2021-10-02
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SIMPSON, Roderick Wykeham resigned
director
2020-11-27
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-06-26
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-06-18
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MITCHELL, Stephen John appointed
secretary
2020-06-18
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DINGLEY, Nigel Albert resigned
secretary
2020-05-22
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-05-01
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COULSON, Michael Sidney resigned
director
2017-06-01
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HENDERSON, John Martin appointed
director
2017-02-01
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CLEMENT, Dennis Anthony appointed
director
2017-02-01
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COULSON, Michael Sidney appointed
director
2017-02-01
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SIMPSON, Roderick Wykeham appointed
director
2015-04-10
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Company incorporated
As AIR-BRITAIN (TRADING) LIMITED
2015-04-10
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WILLS, Simon Whitwill appointed
director
2015-04-10
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DINGLEY, Nigel Albert appointed
secretary
2015-04-10
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DINGLEY, Nigel Albert appointed
director
2015-04-10
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MEAGHER, Sean Colin appointed
director
2015-04-10
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RICE, Michael Graham appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

The Air-Britain Trust Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Air-Britain Trust Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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AIR-BRITAIN (TRADING) LIMITED

This company · 09536965

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
The Air-Britain Trust Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/05/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2015-04-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

Victoria House Stanbridge Park, Staplefield Lane

Staplefield

Haywards Heath

West Sussex

RH17 6AS

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-24

Last: 2026-04-10