ADVANCED MICRO LUBRICATION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02897478 · ltd · incorporated 1994-02-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
10 officers (1 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£0£1£1£2£2Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£2£2
Current assets£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-10
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  4. 2024-11-06
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-03-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-06-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-14
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2021-06-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-02
    ALLARDICE, Pamela Claire resigned
    secretary
  13. 2019-03-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-02-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-04-05
    LONDON, Karl Alasdair appointed
    director
  17. 2013-04-05
    LONDON, Keith Alasdair resigned
    director
  18. 2000-05-19
    HARVEY INGRAM DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2000-05-19
    HARVEY INGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  20. 2000-02-29
    ALLARDICE, Pamela Claire appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-02-29
    LONDON, Keith Alasdair appointed
    director
  22. 1998-02-03
    HARVEY INGRAM DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1998-02-03
    HARVEY INGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1998-02-03
    WILLIAMS, David resigned
    director
  25. 1998-02-03
    HARVEY INGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 1995-12-12
    BOTTERILL, Roy resigned
    director
  27. 1995-12-11
    BOTTERILL, Roy appointed
    director
  28. 1994-04-12
    HOLLIS, Paula Clare resigned
    nominee-secretary
  29. 1994-04-12
    HARVEY INGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 1994-04-12
    VALLANCE, Julie Rose resigned
    nominee-director
  31. 1994-04-12
    WILLIAMS, David appointed
    director
  32. 1994-02-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED MICRO LUBRICATION LIMITED
  33. 1994-02-11
    HOLLIS, Paula Clare appointed
    nominee-secretary
  34. 1994-02-11
    VALLANCE, Julie Rose appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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.)

Group structure

Advanced Carbide Tooling Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Advanced Carbide Tooling Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ADVANCED MICRO LUBRICATION LIMITED
This company · 02897478

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
Advanced Carbide Tooling Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

38 Underwood Drive
Stoney Stanton
Leicester
LE9 4TA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (1 active · 9 resigned)

LONDON, Karl Alasdair
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLARDICE, Pamela Claire
secretary · appointed 2000-02-29 · resigned 2020-03-02
Resigned
HOLLIS, Paula Clare
nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-02-11 · resigned 1994-04-12
Resigned
HARVEY INGRAM DIRECTORS LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-02-03 · resigned 2000-05-19
Resigned
HARVEY INGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 1994-04-12 · resigned 1998-02-03
Resigned
BOTTERILL, Roy
director · ~62y · appointed 1995-12-11 · resigned 1995-12-12
Resigned
LONDON, Keith Alasdair
director · ~83y · appointed 2000-02-29 · resigned 2013-04-05
Resigned
VALLANCE, Julie Rose
nominee-director · ~63y · appointed 1994-02-11 · resigned 1994-04-12
Resigned
WILLIAMS, David
director · ~68y · appointed 1994-04-12 · resigned 1998-02-03
Resigned
HARVEY INGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 1998-02-03 · resigned 2000-05-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-18