ADVANCED AIR (UK) LIMITED
Company number 01093689 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Advanced Air (UK) Limited is a conservatively financed, family-controlled UK specialist in HVAC air distribution and passive fire safety, with a genuine moat in vertically integrated domestic manufacturing, in-house testing and a dual air-distribution/fire-safety portfolio — but at ~£11m turnover it is sub-scale against global HVAC majors and highly exposed to fixed-cost absorption. The strategic imperative is to convert its installed base and regulatory tailwinds into a recurring fire-safety compliance and commissioning annuity, while driving volume into higher-growth verticals to fill the newly acquired Stephenson House capacity and restore operating margin from 4.3% toward its prior 7%+ level. The critical near-term risk is operating leverage: with an implied contribution margin near 61%, a further 7% revenue decline would erase operating profit, making volume retention, input-cost pass-through and board-level succession planning the three priorities for the next twelve months.
Shareholders' funds
£3,810,864
Balance sheet as at 2020-06-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1973-02-01
- Employees
- 138 (2020 accounts)
- Registered office
- The Factory, Burrell Way, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 3QU
- Postcode
- IP24 3QU
- Capital
- 5,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-06-30
- Next due by
- 2028-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-07
- Next due by
- 2027-04-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25990 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 10 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7537765 (Tier 1), registered since 2003.
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Contact details
- Website
- advancedair.co.uk
- Phone
- 01842 753 624, 01842 765 657, 01842 855 545
Advanced Air has been Manufacturing energy efficient; air distribution; fire safety; Fan Coil Units; Air Diffusers; VAV Systems; Fire and Smoke Dampers and more.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| NAILOR-HART INDUSTRIES (UK) LIMITED | 1990-03-22 |
| ADVANCED AIR (U.K.) LIMITED | 1988-11-01 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| ADVANCED AIR (UK) LRD, BURRELL, WAY, THETFORD, NORFOLK, IP24 3QU | 2009-05-01 |
| BURRELL WAY, THETFORD, NORFOLK, IP24 3WB | 2007-05-02 |
| ADVANCED AIR, BURRELL WAY, THETFORD, NORFOLK, IP24 3QU | 2007-05-02 |
| 3 CAVENDISH RD, BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK, IP33 3TE | 2002-06-21 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 79 similar companies in IP
2nd largest employer among its local peers (138 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1973.
Competitors Ipswich
This company ranks 3 among manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified in Ipswich.
The class of 1973
51%
of the 7,318 companies incorporated in 1973 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2019-12-23
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,320,000
- Where
- Norfolk
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NK229061 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2019-12-23 | £1,320,000 |
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