ADVANCED TECHNICAL PANELS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01768312 · ltd · incorporated 1983-11-08
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 32.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46730
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 32.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
110 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-09-06
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  3. 2023-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  4. 2022-09-05
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  5. 2022-09-05
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    address · AD01
  6. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  8. 2019-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  9. 2018-08-28
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  10. 2017-09-15
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  11. 2016-09-27
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  12. 2016-01-07
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  13. 2016-01-07
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2016-01-01
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    LATHAM, Nicholas Charles appointed
    director
  15. 2015-12-31
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    LATHAM, Peter Douglas Langdon resigned
    director
  16. 2015-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-09-02
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2006-12-15
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    DUNMOW, David Alan appointed
    director
  19. 2005-10-01
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    DUNMOW, David Alan appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-10-01
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    LATHAM, Philippa Anne Joan resigned
    secretary
  21. 2000-08-01
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    LATHAM, Peter Douglas Langdon appointed
    director
  22. 2000-07-31
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    MARTIN, Roderick Stanley resigned
    director
  23. 1998-09-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 1995-10-23
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    SUTTON, Christopher resigned
    director
  25. 1995-04-18
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    KNOX, Brian Lindsay resigned
    secretary
  26. 1995-04-18
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    LATHAM, Philippa Anne Joan appointed
    secretary
  27. 1995-04-01
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    LATHAM, Roger John resigned
    director
  28. 1995-04-01
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    MARTIN, Roderick Stanley appointed
    director
  29. 1993-11-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hambros Bank Limited for Itself and as Trustee for the Banks (As Defined)
  30. 1983-11-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED TECHNICAL PANELS LIMITED

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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.)

Group structure

James Latham Plc holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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James Latham Plc
Corporate parent · board control
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ADVANCED TECHNICAL PANELS LIMITED
This company · 01768312

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
James Latham Plc
Corporate entity
——board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant 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
Incorporated1983-11-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46730 — SIC 46730

Registered office

Unit C2 Breakspear Park
Breakspear Way
Hemel Hempstead
HP2 4TZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-05
Last: 2025-08-22

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

DUNMOW, David Alan→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUNMOW, David Alan→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-12-15
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Active
LATHAM, Nicholas Charles→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNOX, Brian Lindsay→
secretary · resigned 1995-04-18
Resigned
LATHAM, Philippa Anne Joan→
secretary · appointed 1995-04-18 · resigned 2005-10-01
Resigned
LATHAM, Peter Douglas Langdon→
director · ~75y · appointed 2000-08-01 · resigned 2015-12-31
Resigned
LATHAM, Roger John→
director · ~83y · resigned 1995-04-01
Resigned
MARTIN, Roderick Stanley→
director · ~82y · appointed 1995-04-01 · resigned 2000-07-31
Resigned
SUTTON, Christopher→
director · ~68y · resigned 1995-10-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Hambros Bank for Itself and as Trustee for the Banks (As Defined)
Hambros Bank Limited for Itself and as Trustee for the Banks (As Defined)
Debenture1 property19/11/199326/09/1998

Recent filings (110 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-27