AIRSOFT & MILITARY SIMULATIONS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13484584 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-30
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2023
Net worth
£51.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed wholesale with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £51,613
Cash draining
Cash down 73% YoY
Cash YoY
-73%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3k
↓ 73% YoY
Net Worth
£52k
↑ 59% YoY
Current Assets
£39k
↑ 7.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£10k£21k£31k£41k£52kJun 2022Jun 2023

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2023-06-302022-06-30
Total assets£51.6k£32.4k
Current assets£39.5k£36.8k
Cash£3.1k£11.3k
Debtors£36.4k£25.5k
Net assets£51.6k£32.4k

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
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-10-21
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-08-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-08-21
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-08-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-08-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-03-16
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-03-16
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2024-03-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2024-03-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2024-02-09
    HOPKINS, Christopher appointed
    director
  13. 2023-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-12-13
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2021-12-13
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2021-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2021-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2021-06-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AIRSOFT & MILITARY SIMULATIONS LTD
  19. 2021-06-30
    HOPKINS, Rebecca Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2021-06-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-06-30

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Rebecca Ann Hopkins
Individual · British · DOB 01/1994 · age 32
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/06/2021

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
Incorporated2021-06-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

57 Spyvee Street
Hull
E. Yorks
HU8 7JJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-06-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2023-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HOPKINS, Christopher
director · ~34y · appointed 2024-02-09
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Active
HOPKINS, Rebecca Ann
director · ~32y · appointed 2021-06-30
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Active

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Recent filings (21 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-12-30
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30