AEM SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02852019 · ltd · incorporated 1993-09-09
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wireless telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). 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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
76 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,009

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£24k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£6k£11k£17k£22k£28kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.0k£1.0k
Current assets£24.2k£27.9k
Net assets£1.0k£1.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-26
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  3. 2023-09-25
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  4. 2022-11-11
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  5. 2022-11-09
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    GRIEVE, Valerie Carole appointed
    director
  6. 2022-11-09
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    MCCLUSKEY, Ben Edward Nigel appointed
    director
  7. 2022-11-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-11-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-11-08
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    GRIEVE, Valerie Carole resigned
    director
  10. 2022-11-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2021-09-30
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  13. 2020-12-29
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  14. 2019-09-30
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  15. 2018-09-30
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  16. 2017-09-29
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  17. 2016-09-30
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  18. 1999-05-23
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    GRIEVE, Nigel William Traquair, Dr. resigned
    director
  19. 1998-03-27
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    MCCLUSKEY, Anthony Edward, Mr. appointed
    secretary
  20. 1998-03-07
    ➖
    OBRART, David Adrian resigned
    secretary
  21. 1993-09-09
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    Company incorporated
    As AEM SYSTEMS LIMITED
  22. 1993-09-09
    ➕
    MCCLUSKEY, Anthony Edward, Mr. appointed
    director
  23. 1993-09-09
    ➕
    OBRART, David Adrian appointed
    secretary
  24. 1993-09-09
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1993-09-09
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1993-09-09
    ➕
    GRIEVE, Nigel William Traquair, Dr. appointed
    director
  27. 1993-09-09
    ➕
    GRIEVE, Valerie Carole appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Edward Mccluskey
Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/09/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Valerie Carole Grieveceased 11/11/2022· 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
Incorporated1993-09-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC61200 — Wireless telecommunications activities

Registered office

8 Church Road
South Ascot
Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 9EX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

MCCLUSKEY, Anthony Edward, Mr.→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIEVE, Valerie Carole→
director · ~83y · appointed 2022-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCLUSKEY, Anthony Edward, Mr.→
director · ~61y · appointed 1993-09-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCLUSKEY, Ben Edward Nigel→
director · ~24y · appointed 2022-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OBRART, David Adrian→
secretary · appointed 1993-09-09 · resigned 1998-03-07
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-09-09 · resigned 1993-09-09
Resigned
GRIEVE, Nigel William Traquair, Dr.→
director · ~97y · appointed 1993-09-09 · resigned 1999-05-23
Resigned
GRIEVE, Valerie Carole→
director · ~83y · appointed 1993-09-09 · resigned 2022-11-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-11-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30