ACTIVE AIR SOLUTIONS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14060080 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£189.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46140
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 £189,325

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£14k
Net Worth
£189k
Current Assets
£368k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£189.3k
Current assets£367.6k
Cash£14.0k
Debtors£333.6k
Net assets£189.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-04-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-04-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2026-04-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-04-19
    ➕
    ABBOTT, Mark appointed
    director
  6. 2026-04-18
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    ABBOTT, Mark resigned
    director
  7. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-09-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2025-09-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2025-09-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2025-09-17
    ➖
    SPARKE, Paul resigned
    director
  12. 2025-09-17
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-06-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2022-04-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACTIVE AIR SOLUTIONS LTD
  17. 2022-04-21
    ➕
    ABBOTT, Brian appointed
    director
  18. 2022-04-21
    ➕
    ABBOTT, Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2022-04-21
    ➕
    SPARKE, Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2022-04-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
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 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

16/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ABBOTT, Mark (same surname) appointed 2026-04-19. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: ABBOTT, Mark resigned 2026-04-18; SPARKE, Paul resigned 2025-09-17

Group structure

Active Investments North East Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Active Investments North East Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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ACTIVE AIR SOLUTIONS LTD
This company · 14060080

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Abbott
Individual · British · DOB 09/1989 · age 37
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control21/04/2026
Active Investments North East Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/09/2025
Mr Brian Abbott
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting21/04/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Mark Abbottceased 21/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Paul Sparkeceased 17/09/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-04-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46140 — SIC 46140

Registered office

Unit 16a Mandale Park
Belmont Industrial Estate
Durham
DH1 1TH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ABBOTT, Brian→
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-04-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABBOTT, Mark→
director · ~37y · appointed 2026-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABBOTT, Mark→
director · ~37y · appointed 2022-04-21 · resigned 2026-04-18
Resigned
SPARKE, Paul→
director · ~45y · appointed 2022-04-21 · resigned 2025-09-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (17 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-09-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-19