ADVANCED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02811945 · ltd · incorporated 1993-04-23

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Business and domestic software development

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

62020Information technology consultancy activities
69201Accounting and auditing activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	—	£91
Current assets	—	£246
Net assets	—	£91

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-29
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2024-05-22
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2023-06-28
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2022-05-16
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2021-05-20
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2020-08-07
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2019-06-25
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2018-05-28
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2017-05-05
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2016-12-18
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accounts · AA
2016-05-01
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-04
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accounts · AA
2015-04-27
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2014-05-03
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2014-05-03
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accounts · AA
2010-04-04
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O'HARA, Hubert Joseph appointed
director
2010-04-04
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O'HARA, John Patrick resigned
secretary
2010-04-04
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O'HARA, John Patrick resigned
director
1993-04-23
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS LIMITED
1993-04-23
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O'HARA, Michael Austin appointed
director
1993-04-23
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O'HARA, John Patrick appointed
secretary
1993-04-23
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FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-04-23
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FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-04-23
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O'HARA, John Patrick appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Hubert Joseph O'Hara Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	24/04/2016

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

Incorporated1993-04-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

95 Boundary Road

Woking

Surrey

GU21 5BS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-07

Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

O'HARA, Hubert Joseph→

director · ~62y · appointed 2010-04-04

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

O'HARA, Michael Austin→

director · ~63y · appointed 1993-04-23

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Active

O'HARA, John Patrick→

secretary · appointed 1993-04-23 · resigned 2010-04-04

Resigned

FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-04-23 · resigned 1993-04-23

Resigned

O'HARA, John Patrick→

director · ~64y · appointed 1993-04-23 · resigned 2010-04-04

Resigned

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