WOODGATE AVIATION (NI) LIMITED

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NI072393 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-20
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 51102
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.6y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees4000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
10
filings
  • • 5 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-12-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-12-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-12-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-12-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-12-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-12-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-11-28
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2025-11-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2025-11-24
    ➕
    EDGAR, Stanley appointed
    director
  11. 2025-11-24
    ➕
    MCKNIGHT, James appointed
    director
  12. 2025-11-24
    ➖
    KEEN, Jonathan resigned
    director
  13. 2025-11-15
    ➕
    GRADY, Claire appointed
    secretary
  14. 2025-11-15
    ➕
    MCCLINTON, Deborah Ann appointed
    director
  15. 2025-11-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2025-11-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  17. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2024-03-26
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2023-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2022-12-20
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  23. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2020-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2009-04-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As WOODGATE AVIATION (NI) LIMITED
  26. 2009-04-20
    ➕
    HANNA, John appointed
    director
  27. 2009-04-20
    ➖
    HANNA, John resigned
    director
  28. 2009-04-20
    ➕
    KEEN, Jonathan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stanley Edgar
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
——board controlboard control24/11/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jonathan Keenceased 24/11/2025· 75-100% shares

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-04-20
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC51102 — SIC 51102

Registered office

7-13 Boucher Road
Belfast
BT12 6HR
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

GRADY, Claire→
secretary · appointed 2025-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDGAR, Stanley→
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-11-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCLINTON, Deborah Ann→
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKNIGHT, James→
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-11-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HANNA, John→
director · ~44y · appointed 2009-04-20 · resigned 2009-04-20
Resigned
KEEN, Jonathan→
director · ~54y · appointed 2009-04-20 · resigned 2025-11-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge—03/11/2025—
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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-10
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-05
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-11-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23