AIRFIX NORDIC LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10103915 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-05-26
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-06
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  4. 2026-02-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-02
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  11. 2021-04-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-25
    ➕
    GROETJORDEN, Jan Olav appointed
    director
  15. 2019-06-25
    ➖
    HOVDEGAARD, Fredrik Christoffer resigned
    director
  16. 2019-06-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2019-06-25
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-06-24
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    HOVDEGAARD, Liss Eva resigned
    director
  19. 2019-05-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2019-05-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  21. 2017-06-20
    ➖
    GROETJORDEN, Jan Olav resigned
    director
  22. 2017-06-20
    ➕
    HOVDEGAARD, Fredrik Christoffer appointed
    director
  23. 2017-06-20
    ➕
    HOVDEGAARD, Liss Eva appointed
    director
  24. 2016-04-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AIRFIX NORDIC LIMITED
  25. 2016-04-05
    ➕
    STRON LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2016-04-05
    ➕
    GROETJORDEN, Jan Olav appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Jan Olav Groetjorden
Individual · Norwegian · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares15/05/2019
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Liss Eva Hovdegaardceased 15/05/2019· 50-75% shares
  • Fredrik Christoffer Hovdegaardceased 15/05/2019· 50-75% shares
  • Airfix Nordic Invest Limitedceased 29/06/2017· 75-100% shares

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

27 Old Gloucester Street
London
WC1N 3AX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-12
Last: 2026-05-29

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

STRON LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GROETJORDEN, Jan Olav→
director · ~68y · appointed 2019-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GROETJORDEN, Jan Olav→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-04-05 · resigned 2017-06-20
Resigned
HOVDEGAARD, Fredrik Christoffer→
director · ~34y · appointed 2017-06-20 · resigned 2019-06-25
Resigned
HOVDEGAARD, Liss Eva→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-06-20 · resigned 2019-06-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-26
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2026-02-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-06-02