'A' FLIGHT AVIATION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC157855 · ltd · incorporated 1995-05-04
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 30.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£6.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 77351
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). 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 30.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £6,941
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£7k
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £6.9k | — |
| Current assets | £1.9k | — |
| Net assets | £6.9k | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-10➖PITT, William Henry resigneddirector
- 2023-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-22📄mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-numbermortgage · MR05
- 2019-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-03-10➖MILLER, Alan Stuart resigneddirector
- 2017-02-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-31📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2001-06-20➕ABRAHAM, Fergus appointedsecretary
- 2001-01-01➖ROBERTSON, Bruce Thomas resignedsecretary
- 2001-01-01➖ROBERTSON, Bruce Thomas resigneddirector
- 1995-10-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Winchester Trust Limited
- 1995-07-04➕ABRAHAM, Fergus appointeddirector
- 1995-07-04➕MARIC, Steven appointeddirector
- 1995-07-04➕MARSHALL, Victor appointeddirector
- 1995-07-04➕REID, Alan John appointeddirector
- 1995-07-04➕ROBERTSON, Bruce Thomas appointedsecretary
- 1995-07-04➕MILLER, Alan Stuart appointeddirector
- 1995-07-04➕PITT, William Henry appointeddirector
- 1995-07-04➕ROBERTSON, Bruce Thomas appointeddirector
- 1995-05-04🏢Company incorporatedAs 'A' FLIGHT AVIATION LIMITED
- 1995-05-04➕REID, Brian appointedsecretary
- 1995-05-04➖REID, Brian resignedsecretary
- 1995-05-04➕MABBOTT, Stephen appointednominee-director
- 1995-05-04➖MABBOTT, Stephen resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-05-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77351 — SIC 77351
Registered office
130 Mirren Drive
Hardgate
Clydebank
G81 6LD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-18
Last: 2025-05-04
Officers (5 active · 6 resigned)
Active
ABRAHAM, Fergus→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 1995-07-04
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MARIC, Steven→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 1995-07-04
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MARSHALL, Victor→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 1995-07-04
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REID, Alan John→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 1995-07-04
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REID, Brian→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-05-04 · resigned 1995-05-04
ROBERTSON, Bruce Thomas→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1995-07-04 · resigned 2001-01-01
MABBOTT, Stephen→
Resignednominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1995-05-04 · resigned 1995-05-04
MILLER, Alan Stuart→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 1995-07-04 · resigned 2017-03-10
PITT, William Henry→
Resigneddirector · ~92y · appointed 1995-07-04 · resigned 2024-03-10
ROBERTSON, Bruce Thomas→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 1995-07-04 · resigned 2001-01-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Winchester Trust Winchester Trust Limited | Aircraft mortgage | 1 property | 05/10/1995 | — |
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Recent filings (94 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
mortgage-charge-whole-cease-and-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2020-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-23