AIRVENTURE LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC347455 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-22
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees0200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-07-15
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    EDWARDS, Michael John appointed
    director
  5. 2023-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-09-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2019-09-15
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    EDWARDS, Tracey Ann resigned
    director
  14. 2018-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-10
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    EDWARDS, Tracey Ann appointed
    director
  16. 2018-10-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2018-08-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2008-08-22
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    Company incorporated
    As AIRVENTURE LTD
  21. 2008-08-22
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Mark Leslie appointed
    director
  22. 2008-08-22
    ➕
    NOVA COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-08-22
    ➖
    NOVA COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

29/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — EDWARDS, Michael John (same surname) appointed 2024-07-15. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • 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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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 Mark Leslie Edwards
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-08-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Bogarrow Mill
Glenlivet
Ballindalloch
Moray
AB37 9DJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

EDWARDS, Mark Leslie→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-08-22
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Active
EDWARDS, Michael John→
director · ~27y · appointed 2024-07-15
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Active
NOVA COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-08-22 · resigned 2008-08-22
Resigned
EDWARDS, Tracey Ann→
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-10-10 · resigned 2019-09-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-23