ADVANCED ADMIXTURES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02414960 · ltd · incorporated 1989-08-18
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 34.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£3.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20590
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 34.9y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 34.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 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
92 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
70
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £3,118
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,304 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£3k
↓ 85% YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £3.1k | £21.4k |
| Current assets | £23.9k | £39.2k |
| Net assets | £3.1k | £21.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 4 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-26📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-01-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 1991-06-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1989-08-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCED ADMIXTURES LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Caine Individual · British · DOB 12/1945 · age 81 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-08-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20590 — SIC 20590
Registered office
Manor House
35 St Thomas's Road
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 1HP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 24/06/1991 | — |
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Recent filings (92 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-01-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-10