VECTOR AIRCRAFT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC290961 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-28
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 20.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£900.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.1y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £899,962
Cash YoY
-0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£705k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£900k
↑ 4.3% YoY
Current Assets
£809k
↑ 1.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£180k£360k£540k£720k£900kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£901.4k£864.2k
Current assets£809.4k£800.9k
Cash£704.6k£707.3k
Debtors£104.8k£93.6k
Net assets£900.0k£862.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-29
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2024-05-29
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    Charge satisfied #2
  6. 2024-05-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2024-05-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2023-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-10
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  11. 2022-03-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2018-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2006-04-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  19. 2006-03-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The North Ayrshire Council
  20. 2006-01-27
    ➕
    MCLAREN, Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2005-09-28
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    Company incorporated
    As VECTOR AIRCRAFT SERVICES LIMITED
  22. 2005-09-28
    ➕
    WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-09-28
    ➕
    SPENCER, Christopher appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Spencer
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2005-09-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie Llp
12 Hope Street
Edinburgh
EH2 4DB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WJM SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-28
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Active
MCLAREN, Andrew→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-01-27
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Active
SPENCER, Christopher→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-09-28
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property28/04/200629/05/2024
satisfied
The North Ayrshire Council
Floating charge1 property20/03/200611/05/2024

Recent filings (66 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-10-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-02