ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03027608 · ltd · incorporated 1995-02-28
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-13
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-04-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-03-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-03-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 1995-02-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED MICRO SYSTEMS LIMITED
  17. 1995-02-28
    ➕
    PRATT, Graham Neil appointed
    secretary
  18. 1995-02-28
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    PRATT, Graham Neil appointed
    director
  19. 1995-02-28
    ➕
    SMITH, Elaine Jean appointed
    director
  20. 1995-02-28
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1995-02-28
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1995-02-28
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1995-02-28
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

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 72 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Graham Neil Pratt
Individual · British · DOB 01/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control28/02/2017
Ms Elaine Jean Smith
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control28/02/2017

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
Incorporated1995-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

48 Water Meadows
Crabtree Park
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
S80 3DF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PRATT, Graham Neil→
secretary · appointed 1995-02-28
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Active
PRATT, Graham Neil→
director · ~72y · appointed 1995-02-28
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Active
SMITH, Elaine Jean→
director · ~62y · appointed 1995-02-28
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Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-02-28 · resigned 1995-02-28
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-02-28 · resigned 1995-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-10