ADVANCED POWER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02486740 · ltd · incorporated 1990-03-29

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£1.41M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -33% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.5y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 9.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

124 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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 £1,409,438

Cash YoY

-33%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£872k

↓ 33% YoY

Net Worth

£1.4m

↑ 6.5% YoY

Current Assets

£2.4m

↓ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£1.47M	£1.44M
Current assets	£2.41M	£2.73M
Cash	£871.9k	£1.31M
Debtors	£1.52M	£1.40M
Net assets	£1.41M	£1.32M

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

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2 signals 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

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-01-28
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accounts · AA
2025-12-24
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officers · CH01
2025-07-24
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officers · CH01
2025-07-24
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officers · CH01
2025-04-11
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officers · AP01
2025-04-10
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officers · AP01
2025-04-10
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officers · TM01
2025-04-10
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officers · AP01
2025-04-04
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mortgage · MR01
2025-04-03
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PYOTT, Samuel William appointed
director
2025-04-03
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RISHWORTH, Paul John appointed
director
2025-04-03
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THOMPSON, John Andrew appointed
director
2025-04-03
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THOMPSON, Alison resigned
director
2025-04-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: John Thompson and Alison Thompson
2024-08-27
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accounts · AA
2023-11-23
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accounts · AA
2022-10-18
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accounts · AA
2021-12-08
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officers · CH01
2021-12-08
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officers · CH01
2021-10-14
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mortgage · MR04
2021-10-14
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-10-11
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accounts · AA
2020-07-17
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accounts · AA
2019-07-17
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accounts · AA
2017-03-30
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RISHWORTH, Paul appointed
secretary
2017-03-30
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THOMPSON, John Richard resigned
secretary
2017-03-04
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THOMPSON, Andrew Paul resigned
director
2017-01-18
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THOMPSON, Alison appointed
director
2016-12-20
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THOMPSON, John Richard appointed
director
2016-12-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
1996-11-08
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THOMPSON, John Richard appointed
secretary
1996-11-08
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WATKINS, Anthony Robert resigned
secretary
1993-01-12
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WATKINS, Anthony Robert resigned
director
1992-10-30
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BLACK, Michael resigned
secretary
1992-10-30
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WATKINS, Anthony Robert appointed
secretary
1992-10-30
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BLACK, Michael resigned
director
1990-03-29
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCED POWER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

Owner dependency

56/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

Bene Dc Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bene Dc Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ADVANCED POWER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

This company · 02486740

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Bene Dc Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	22/12/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Andrew Paul Thompsonceased 22/12/2016· 25-50% shares
Sharon Thompsonceased 22/12/2016· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1990-03-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

150 Main Street

Addingham

Ilkley

West Yorkshire

LS29 0LY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last: 2025-12-17