ECO AIR CONTROL LTD

🌳Matureactive
10245900 · ltd · incorporated 2016-06-22
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£197.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35300
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
30 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £197,020
Net assets shrinking
Down £38,624 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 46% YoY
Cash YoY
-46%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£102k
↓ 46% YoY
Net Worth
£197k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£261k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£83k£166k£249k£332k£415kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£208.3k£256.2k
Current assets£261.3k£415.1k
Cash£102.3k£189.0k
Debtors£154.2k£212.2k
Net assets£197.0k£235.6k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-16
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    address · AD01
  5. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-11
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    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2019-09-10
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    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2019-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-03-09
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-02-22
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP04CS01
  14. 2018-01-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-01-18
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-09-21
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    accounts · AA01
  17. 2017-01-01
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    SHIPP, Paul Trevor appointed
    director
  18. 2016-06-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ECO AIR CONTROL LTD
  19. 2016-06-22
    ➕
    WRIGHT, John Frederick appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 66. 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 John Wright
Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control22/06/2016
Mr Paul Trevor Shipp
Individual · British · DOB 06/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/06/2016

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
Incorporated2016-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

30 West Road Spondon
Derby
DE21 7AB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-20
Last: 2026-03-06

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SHIPP, Paul Trevor→
director · ~52y · appointed 2017-01-01
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Active
WRIGHT, John Frederick→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-06-22
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Active

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-05-30