SPS AEROSTRUCTURES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01945689 · ltd · incorporated 1985-09-09

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 37.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 37.6y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 37.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

42 officers (7 active, 42 linked, 35 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

206 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (99 events)Click to expand

2025-07-29
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2025-07-09
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2024-07-31
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accounts · AA
2024-02-20
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officers · AP03
2024-02-14
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JUDSON, Lee appointed
secretary
2023-11-23
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accounts · AA
2023-08-16
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ROEBUCK, Neil David resigned
director
2023-08-16
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officers · TM01
2023-08-15
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accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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2022-12-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-09-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-31
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RATTU, Inderjit Kumar resigned
director
2021-07-07
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officers · RP04AP01
2021-07-05
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officers · AP01
2021-07-05
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officers · TM01
2021-07-01
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PUETZ, James Robert appointed
director
2021-06-30
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BECKER, Roger Paul resigned
director
2021-02-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-18
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officers · AP01
2019-11-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-11-12
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POWER, Alan J appointed
director
2019-11-12
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SNOWDEN, Joe resigned
director
2019-09-20
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ROEBUCK, Neil David appointed
director
2019-02-15
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RATTU, Inderjit Kumar appointed
director
2018-12-21
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BAILEY, Monika Anna resigned
secretary
2018-12-21
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BAILEY, Monika Anna resigned
director
2018-08-20
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ARMANGO, Anna Marie appointed
director
2018-08-20
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PATTEE, Russell Scott resigned
director
2018-07-20
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BLACKMORE, Steven Craig resigned
director
2016-11-30
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MASTERMAN, Andrew Van Rensselaer resigned
director
2015-10-27
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FREEMAN-MASSEY, Janet appointed
secretary
2015-05-11
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BAILEY, Monika Anna appointed
director
2014-12-31
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WARING, David resigned
director
2014-11-10
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BECKER, Roger Paul resigned
director
2014-10-28
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SNOWDEN, Joe appointed
director
2014-10-10
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STEIN, Kevin Michael resigned
director
2014-01-22
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MASTERMAN, Andrew Van Rensselaer appointed
director
2013-09-24
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BECKER, Roger Paul appointed
director
2013-06-01
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BEYER, Ruth Ann appointed
director
2013-06-01
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BECKER, Roger Paul appointed
director
2013-06-01
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BECKER, Roger Paul resigned
director
2013-06-01
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COOKE, Roger Anthony resigned
director
2012-08-29
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BARRETT, Sean Colin resigned
director
2012-05-11
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WARING, David appointed
director
2010-08-18
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WARING, David resigned
director
2010-08-17
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WARING, David appointed
director
2010-08-13
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WARING, David resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Sps Technologies Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Sps Technologies Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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SPS AEROSTRUCTURES LIMITED

This company · 01945689

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Sps Technologies Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	14/12/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Sps Chevron Limitedceased 14/12/2022· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated1985-09-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Willow Drive

Sherwood Business Park

Annesley

Nottinghamshire

NG15 0DP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-29

Last made up to: 2024-12-29

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-13

Last: 2025-11-29