AVIATION WEST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC130129 · ltd · incorporated 1991-02-21

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 33.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£74.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 51102

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 33.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 33.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (3 active, 17 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

113 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £74,547

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£75k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£34

↓ 100% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£34	£11.3k
Current assets	£34	£11.3k
Net assets	£74.5k	£74.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand

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2011-03-14
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GETTY, George resigned
director
2006-05-20
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GILMOUR, Douglas Graham resigned
director
2006-05-20
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LAMB, Kenneth Siegfried Robertson, Dr resigned
director
2006-05-19
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DUNCAN, David resigned
director
2006-05-19
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MCGARRY, Gerald William resigned
director
2004-09-15
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LAMB, Kenneth Siegfried Robertson, Dr appointed
director
2004-09-15
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MACLEOD, Innes Nicolson resigned
director
2002-06-27
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KINVIG, Timothy James resigned
director
2002-06-27
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MACLEOD, Innes Nicolson appointed
director
2000-08-19
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BROGAN, Alastair John resigned
director
2000-08-19
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DUNCAN, David appointed
director
1999-03-01
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GILMOUR, Douglas Graham appointed
director
1999-03-01
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MCGARRY, Gerald William appointed
director
1999-02-01
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KINVIG, Timothy James appointed
director
1997-11-07
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BROGAN, Alastair John appointed
director
1997-11-07
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GILES, David resigned
director
1996-09-27
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WYATT, Robert Mclaughlan appointed
director
1996-07-04
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MCALPINE, James appointed
director
1996-07-04
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BRADLEY, William Boyd resigned
director
1996-07-04
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GETTY, George appointed
director
1996-06-23
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ALLAN, Robert resigned
director
1996-06-23
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PEARSON, John Black resigned
director
1992-06-11
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1991-02-21
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Company incorporated
As AVIATION WEST LIMITED
1991-02-21
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WYATT, Robert Mclaughlan appointed
secretary
1991-02-21
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-02-21
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1991-02-21
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ALLAN, Robert appointed
director
1991-02-21
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BRADLEY, William Boyd appointed
director
1991-02-21
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GILES, David appointed
director
1991-02-21
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PEARSON, John Black appointed
director
1991-02-21
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1991-02-21
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1991-02-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC51102 — SIC 51102

Registered office

42 Lincoln Avenue

Uddingston

Glasgow

G71 5QX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-10

Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (3 active · 14 resigned)

WYATT, Robert Mclaughlan→

secretary · appointed 1991-02-21

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Active

MCALPINE, James→

director · ~65y · appointed 1996-07-04

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Active

WYATT, Robert Mclaughlan→

director · ~73y · appointed 1996-09-27

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-02-21 · resigned 1991-02-21

Resigned

ALLAN, Robert→

director · ~85y · appointed 1991-02-21 · resigned 1996-06-23

Resigned

BRADLEY, William Boyd→

director · ~73y · appointed 1991-02-21 · resigned 1996-07-04

Resigned

BROGAN, Alastair John→

director · ~59y · appointed 1997-11-07 · resigned 2000-08-19

Resigned

DUNCAN, David→

director · ~63y · appointed 2000-08-19 · resigned 2006-05-19

Resigned

GETTY, George→

director · ~73y · appointed 1996-07-04 · resigned 2011-03-14

Resigned

GILES, David→

director · ~78y · appointed 1991-02-21 · resigned 1997-11-07

Resigned

GILMOUR, Douglas Graham→

director · ~79y · appointed 1999-03-01 · resigned 2006-05-20

Resigned

KINVIG, Timothy James→

director · ~63y · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 2002-06-27

Resigned

LAMB, Kenneth Siegfried Robertson, Dr→

director · ~67y · appointed 2004-09-15 · resigned 2006-05-20

Resigned

MACLEOD, Innes Nicolson→

director · ~65y · appointed 2002-06-27 · resigned 2004-09-15

Resigned

MCGARRY, Gerald William→

director · ~64y · appointed 1999-03-01 · resigned 2006-05-19

Resigned

PEARSON, John Black→

director · ~86y · appointed 1991-02-21 · resigned 1996-06-23

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-02-21 · resigned 1991-02-21

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	11/06/1992	—

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