AIRTHREY MILL COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC220797 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-29
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 24.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.3y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees300400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-21
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  3. 2024-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-02
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-02-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-02-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-08-30
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2022-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2005-10-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  18. 2005-10-04
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    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2002-01-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2001-06-29
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRTHREY MILL COMPANY LIMITED
  21. 2001-06-29
    ➕
    INGLIS, Thomas appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-06-29
    ➕
    INGLIS, Agnes appointed
    director
  23. 2001-06-29
    ➕
    INGLIS, Andrew Gavin appointed
    director
  24. 2001-06-29
    ➕
    INGLIS, Thomas James appointed
    director
  25. 2001-06-29
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-06-29
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Thomas Inglis
Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-06-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

65 Restalrig Avenue
Edinburgh
EH7 6PN
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

INGLIS, Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-29
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Active
INGLIS, Agnes→
director · ~73y · appointed 2001-06-29
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Active
INGLIS, Andrew Gavin→
director · ~47y · appointed 2001-06-29
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Active
INGLIS, Thomas James→
director · ~50y · appointed 2001-06-29
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-29 · resigned 2001-06-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property10/10/2005—
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property21/01/200204/10/2005
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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-13