ATLANTECHS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02465470 · ltd · incorporated 1990-01-31

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 29.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.16M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 29320

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). 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 29.9y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 29.9 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 (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

108 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,157,917

Cash YoY

+27%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£949k

↑ 27% YoY

Net Worth

£1.2m

↑ 35% YoY

Current Assets

£1.3m

↑ 39% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.22M	£897.8k
Current assets	£1.34M	£967.1k
Cash	£949.5k	£750.0k
Debtors	£309.8k	£174.8k
Net assets	£1.16M	£860.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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accounts · AA
2025-04-09
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address · AD01
2025-03-31
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accounts · AA
2024-04-11
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-04-03
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capital · SH01
2024-02-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2023-07-05
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officers · AP01
2023-07-05
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officers · AP01
2023-04-06
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DRAKE, Adam Jon appointed
director
2023-04-06
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WINFIELD, Nicola Kaye appointed
director
2022-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-31
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accounts · AA
2012-11-01
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BRATT, Geoffrey George appointed
director
2009-02-02
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BRATT, Geoffrey George resigned
director
1999-11-29
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BRATT, Sheila Rose appointed
director
1997-12-01
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BRATT, Sheila Rose appointed
secretary
1997-12-01
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COE, Alan Leslie resigned
secretary
1997-12-01
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COE, Alan Leslie resigned
director
1997-04-15
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CHURCH, Peter George resigned
secretary
1997-04-15
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COE, Alan Leslie appointed
secretary
1997-04-15
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COE, Alan Leslie appointed
director
1996-08-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1995-08-24
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CHURCH, Peter George appointed
secretary
1995-02-23
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BRATT, Alan James resigned
secretary
1995-02-23
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BRATT, Geoffrey George appointed
director
1995-02-23
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BRATT, Jacqueline Brenda resigned
director
1990-01-31
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Company incorporated
As ATLANTECHS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Geoffrey George Bratt Individual · British · DOB 06/1943 · age 83	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	30/06/2016
Mrs Sheila Rose Bratt Individual · British · DOB 01/1943 · age 83	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	30/06/2016

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

Incorporated1990-01-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC29320 — SIC 29320

Registered office

Henge Barn Pury Hill Business Park

Alderton Road

Towcester

Northamptonshire

NN12 7LS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31