ELEMENT AERO LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
SC650842 · ltd · incorporated 2020-01-08
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | — | 300 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
3
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-22📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-04-21📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-01-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ELEMENT AERO LTD
- 2020-01-08➕IRVING, Bruce William appointeddirector
- 2020-01-08➕KIRKWOOD, Alasdair Mcmaster appointeddirector
- 2020-01-08➕THOMAS, Robert Stuart appointeddirector
- 2020-01-08📄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
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Robert Stuart Thomas Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 08/01/2020 |
Mr Alasdair Mcmaster Kirkwood Individual · British · DOB 11/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 08/01/2020 |
Mr Bruce William Irving Individual · Scottish · DOB 08/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 08/01/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-01-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Registered office
12 Shairps Business Park
Houstoun Road
Livingston
EH54 5FD
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
IRVING, Bruce William→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2020-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KIRKWOOD, Alasdair Mcmaster→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2020-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THOMAS, Robert Stuart→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2020-01-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (18 total)
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-04-22
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17