AERO LEATHER CLOTHING LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC126791 · ltd · incorporated 1990-08-17
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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year to Oct 2024
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14110
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 14131Manufacture of other men's outerwear
  • 14132SIC 14132
  • 14190SIC 14190
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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
10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

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

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Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-11
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  2. 2024-07-29
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  3. 2023-07-31
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  4. 2022-07-26
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  5. 2021-08-27
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  6. 2020-09-16
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  7. 2019-11-21
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  8. 2019-11-21
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  9. 2019-11-20
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    CALDER, Holly Grace appointed
    director
  10. 2019-07-30
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    TSUCHIYA, Hiroshi appointed
    director
  11. 2019-07-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2019-07-15
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  13. 2019-06-27
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  14. 2018-07-16
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  15. 2017-07-05
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  16. 2016-05-31
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  17. 2015-08-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2014-04-01
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    CALDER, Denny Curtis appointed
    director
  19. 2012-11-30
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    STEPHENS, Amanda Jane resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-09-24
    ➖
    LAUDER, William Neil resigned
    director
  21. 2002-11-01
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    CALDER, Lydia Mary appointed
    director
  22. 2002-11-01
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    CALDER, Lydia Mary resigned
    secretary
  23. 2002-11-01
    ➕
    STEPHENS, Amanda Jane appointed
    secretary
  24. 1990-09-03
    ➕
    CALDER, Kenneth Donald appointed
    director
  25. 1990-09-03
    ➕
    CALDER, Lydia Mary appointed
    secretary
  26. 1990-09-03
    ➖
    HOLDER, Michael resigned
    secretary
  27. 1990-09-03
    ➕
    LAUDER, William Neil appointed
    director
  28. 1990-09-03
    ➖
    LEWIN, Gerald resigned
    director
  29. 1990-08-17
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    Company incorporated
    As AERO LEATHER CLOTHING LTD.
  30. 1990-08-17
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    HOLDER, Michael appointed
    secretary
  31. 1990-08-17
    ➕
    LEWIN, Gerald appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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 Hiroshi Tsuchiya
Individual · Japanese · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/04/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Kenneth Donald Calderceased 18/04/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence

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
Incorporated1990-08-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC14110 — SIC 14110

Registered office

Greenbank Woollen Mill
Huddersfield Street
Galashiels
Scotland
TD1 3AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

CALDER, Denny Curtis→
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CALDER, Holly Grace→
director · ~43y · appointed 2019-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CALDER, Kenneth Donald→
director · ~81y · appointed 1990-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CALDER, Lydia Mary→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TSUCHIYA, Hiroshi→
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-07-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CALDER, Lydia Mary→
secretary · appointed 1990-09-03 · resigned 2002-11-01
Resigned
HOLDER, Michael→
secretary · appointed 1990-08-17 · resigned 1990-09-03
Resigned
STEPHENS, Amanda Jane→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-01 · resigned 2012-11-30
Resigned
LAUDER, William Neil→
director · ~60y · appointed 1990-09-03 · resigned 2012-09-24
Resigned
LEWIN, Gerald→
director · ~75y · appointed 1990-08-17 · resigned 1990-09-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-31
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officers · AP01
2019-11-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-15