AIRFORMS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10826638 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-20
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-12-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-12-16➖RIORDAN, Matthew resigneddirector
- 2019-12-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-12-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-12-19✏️change-of-name-noticechange-of-name · CONNOT
- 2017-06-20🏢Company incorporatedAs AIRFORMS LIMITED
- 2017-06-20➕BRACKEN, Paul appointeddirector
- 2017-06-20➕DESOUZA, Wilfred Alban appointeddirector
- 2017-06-20➕SCANLON, Paul Edward appointeddirector
- 2017-06-20➕RIORDAN, Matthew appointeddirector
- 2017-06-20📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Paul Bracken Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 20/06/2017 |
Mr Wilfred Alban Desouza Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 20/06/2017 |
Mr Paul Edward Scanlon Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 20/06/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Matthew Riordanceased 16/12/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-06-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129
Registered office
Forms House
74-82 Rose Lane
Liverpool
Merseyside
L18 8EE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
BRACKEN, Paul→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2017-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DESOUZA, Wilfred Alban→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2017-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SCANLON, Paul Edward→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2017-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RIORDAN, Matthew→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2017-06-20 · resigned 2019-12-16
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (23 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-17