AEROSTOCKS (2015) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09702227 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-24
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£105.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
29 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £105,543
Cash YoY
+4795%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£72k
↑ 4795% YoY
Net Worth
£106k
↑ 93% YoY
Current Assets
£124k
↑ 110% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£25k£50k£74k£99k£124kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£105.6k£54.8k
Current assets£124.0k£58.9k
Cash£72.1k£1.5k
Debtors£7.3k£11.1k
Net assets£105.5k£54.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-13
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-11-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-11-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-11-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-11-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-03-22
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-02-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2015-07-24
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    Company incorporated
    As AEROSTOCKS (2015) LIMITED
  19. 2015-07-24
    ➕
    BOWDITCH, Jean appointed
    director
  20. 2015-07-24
    ➕
    BOWDITCH, Terry 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 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mrs Jean Bowditch
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Terry Bowditch
Individual · British · DOB 08/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2015-07-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

2 Sonning Way
Shoeburyness
Essex
SS3 8YQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BOWDITCH, Jean→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-07-24
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Active
BOWDITCH, Terry→
director · ~79y · appointed 2015-07-24
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—04/02/2016—
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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10