AIRYHALL COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC524839 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-21
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
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£3.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Quantity surveying activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,018

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
Current Assets
£6k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-31
Total assets£3.0k
Current assets£5.5k
Net assets£3.0k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 dissolution
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-04-13
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    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2025-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-20
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-04-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-06-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-06-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-06-25
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-06-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-06-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-01-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AIRYHALL COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 2016-01-21
    ➕
    SMITH, Gordon Allan appointed
    director
  20. 2016-01-21
    ➕
    SMITH, Karen Sandra appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gordon Allan Smith
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Karen Sandra Smith
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-01-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74902 — Quantity surveying activities

Registered office

22 Binghill Road Milltimber
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB13 0JA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SMITH, Gordon Allan→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-01-21
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SMITH, Karen Sandra→
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-01-21
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Recent filings (29 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-21
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-02