21 AERO LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
14352544 · ltd · incorporated 2022-09-13
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 2024
Net worth
£195.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30300
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 52230SIC 52230
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.6y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (73/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £195,900
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£77k
Net Worth
£196k
Current Assets
£414k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £228.5k |
| Current assets | £414.3k |
| Cash | £76.7k |
| Debtors | £302.4k |
| Net assets | £195.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-10-17🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Seneca Trade Finance LTD
- 2024-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-17📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-04-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-04-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-04-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-03-01➕WARDLE, Thomas James appointeddirector
- 2022-11-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-09-13🏢Company incorporatedAs 21 AERO LIMITED
- 2022-09-13➕HICKSON, Jason appointeddirector
- 2022-09-13📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Thomas James Wardle Individual · British · DOB 07/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/10/2022 |
Mr Jason Hickson Individual · British · DOB 11/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 13/09/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 03710226 LIMITED→ 03710226 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 27y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC30300 — SIC 30300
Registered office
Unit H1
Taylor Business Park
Warrington
Cheshire
WA3 6BL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-26
Last: 2025-09-12
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HICKSON, Jason→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2022-09-13
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WARDLE, Thomas James→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2023-03-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Seneca Trade Finance Seneca Trade Finance LTD | A registered charge | 3 properties | 17/10/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (15 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-10-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-04-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-09-13