ADVANCED TREASURY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02743887 · ltd · incorporated 1992-09-01
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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year to Sept 2024
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 6 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
99 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-06-24
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  3. 2023-06-27
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  4. 2022-08-21
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  5. 2021-06-30
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  6. 2020-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2019-10-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2019-10-04
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2019-10-04
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2019-10-04
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2019-10-04
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    officers · TM02
  12. 2019-09-30
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    ELLIOTT, Giles appointed
    secretary
  13. 2019-09-30
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    ELLIOTT, Giles appointed
    director
  14. 2019-09-30
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    ELLIOTT, Andrew Richard Wilson resigned
    secretary
  15. 2019-09-30
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    ELLIOTT, Andrew Richard Wilson resigned
    director
  16. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  17. 2018-08-10
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  18. 2017-10-26
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    address · AD01
  19. 2017-10-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 1997-01-27
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    ELLIOTT, Andrew Richard Wilson appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-01-27
    ➕
    ELLIOTT, Andrew Richard Wilson appointed
    director
  22. 1997-01-16
    ➖
    ELLIOTT, Peter Wilson resigned
    secretary
  23. 1997-01-16
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    ELLIOTT, Peter Wilson resigned
    director
  24. 1996-06-11
    ➕
    ELLIOTT, Peter Wilson appointed
    secretary
  25. 1996-06-11
    ➖
    LANSDOWNE TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 1995-07-24
    ➖
    COX, Peter Anthony resigned
    director
  27. 1994-09-01
    ➖
    KINNEAR, John resigned
    secretary
  28. 1994-09-01
    ➕
    LANSDOWNE TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 1994-02-04
    ➕
    ELLIOTT, Penelope appointed
    director
  30. 1994-02-03
    ➖
    KINNEAR, John resigned
    director
  31. 1992-09-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED TREASURY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
  32. 1992-09-01
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1992-08-01
    ➕
    KINNEAR, John appointed
    secretary
  34. 1992-08-01
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1992-08-01
    ➕
    COX, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  36. 1992-08-01
    ➕
    ELLIOTT, Peter Wilson appointed
    director
  37. 1992-08-01
    ➕
    KINNEAR, John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Penelope Elliott
Individual · British · DOB 06/1942 · age 84
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew Richard Wilson Elliottceased 30/09/2019· significant influence

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
Incorporated1992-09-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

The Old School House 69 Duck Street
Sutton Veny
Warminster
BA12 7AL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-13
Last: 2026-05-30

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

ELLIOTT, Giles→
secretary · appointed 2019-09-30
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Active
ELLIOTT, Giles→
director · ~58y · appointed 2019-09-30
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Active
ELLIOTT, Penelope→
director · ~84y · appointed 1994-02-04
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Active
ELLIOTT, Andrew Richard Wilson→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-27 · resigned 2019-09-30
Resigned
ELLIOTT, Peter Wilson→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-11 · resigned 1997-01-16
Resigned
KINNEAR, John→
secretary · appointed 1992-08-01 · resigned 1994-09-01
Resigned
LANSDOWNE TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1994-09-01 · resigned 1996-06-11
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-08-01 · resigned 1992-09-01
Resigned
COX, Peter Anthony→
director · ~78y · appointed 1992-08-01 · resigned 1995-07-24
Resigned
ELLIOTT, Andrew Richard Wilson→
director · ~60y · appointed 1997-01-27 · resigned 2019-09-30
Resigned
ELLIOTT, Peter Wilson→
director · ~91y · appointed 1992-08-01 · resigned 1997-01-16
Resigned
KINNEAR, John→
director · ~75y · appointed 1992-08-01 · resigned 1994-02-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (99 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-10-04
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2019-10-04