ADVANCED PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02629314 · ltd · incorporated 1991-07-15
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£164.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -41% 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 26.2y

30/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
21 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £164,118
Net assets shrinking
Down £156,365 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 41% YoY
Cash YoY
-41%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£48k
↓ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£164k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Assets
£516k
↓ 9.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£114k£229k£343k£457k£572kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£184.5k£347.5k
Current assets£516.4k£571.9k
Cash£47.5k£80.0k
Debtors£215.7k£282.5k
Net assets£164.1k£320.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-24
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  3. 2024-10-25
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  4. 2024-10-25
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  5. 2023-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2023-02-13
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2021-07-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-15
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    accounts · AA01
  11. 2020-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  12. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2019-09-09
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  14. 2019-09-09
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  15. 2019-09-09
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  16. 2019-09-09
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  17. 2019-09-09
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  18. 2019-09-09
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  19. 2019-08-30
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    O'NEILL, Derek Patrick appointed
    secretary
  20. 2019-08-30
    ➕
    O'NEILL, Derek Patrick appointed
    director
  21. 2019-08-30
    ➕
    RALPH, George Alexander appointed
    director
  22. 2019-08-30
    ➕
    SAWYER, Christopher John appointed
    director
  23. 2019-08-30
    ➖
    GLIONNA, Daniel Carr Tully resigned
    secretary
  24. 2019-08-30
    ➖
    GLIONNA, Daniel Carr Tully resigned
    director
  25. 2019-08-30
    ➖
    MACKINNON, Carol Dawn resigned
    director
  26. 2019-08-06
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  27. 2008-08-22
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 2005-01-19
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Ubs Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
  29. 2000-03-01
    ➕
    GLIONNA, Daniel Carr Tully appointed
    secretary
  30. 2000-03-01
    ➖
    ROCCA, Joyce Barbara resigned
    secretary
  31. 2000-03-01
    ➕
    GLIONNA, Daniel Carr Tully appointed
    director
  32. 2000-03-01
    ➕
    MACKINNON, Carol Dawn appointed
    director
  33. 2000-03-01
    ➖
    ROCCA, Adolfo Valeriano resigned
    director
  34. 2000-03-01
    ➖
    ROCCA, Joyce Barbara resigned
    director
  35. 2000-03-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  36. 1991-07-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  37. 1991-07-15
    ➕
    ROCCA, Joyce Barbara appointed
    secretary
  38. 1991-07-15
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 1991-07-15
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1991-07-15
    ➕
    ROCCA, Adolfo Valeriano appointed
    director
  41. 1991-07-15
    ➕
    ROCCA, Joyce Barbara appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Aston Trio Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aston Trio Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ADVANCED PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
This company · 02629314

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aston Trio Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/06/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Plastic & Film Holdingsceased 01/06/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-07-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22290 — SIC 22290

Registered office

44 Potters Lane
Kiln Farm
Milton Keynes
MK11 3HQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

O'NEILL, Derek Patrick→
secretary · appointed 2019-08-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'NEILL, Derek Patrick→
director · ~63y · appointed 2019-08-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RALPH, George Alexander→
director · ~68y · appointed 2019-08-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAWYER, Christopher John→
director · ~80y · appointed 2019-08-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLIONNA, Daniel Carr Tully→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2019-08-30
Resigned
ROCCA, Joyce Barbara→
secretary · appointed 1991-07-15 · resigned 2000-03-01
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-07-15 · resigned 1991-07-15
Resigned
GLIONNA, Daniel Carr Tully→
director · ~62y · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2019-08-30
Resigned
MACKINNON, Carol Dawn→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2019-08-30
Resigned
ROCCA, Adolfo Valeriano→
director · ~92y · appointed 1991-07-15 · resigned 2000-03-01
Resigned
ROCCA, Joyce Barbara→
director · ~89y · appointed 1991-07-15 · resigned 2000-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Ubs Global Asset Management (UK)
Ubs Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
Deed of rental deposit1 property19/01/200506/08/2019
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property01/03/200022/08/2008

Recent filings (102 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-09-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-02