AMATSU UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03166222 · ltd · incorporated 1996-02-29

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 Feb 2026

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

81 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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-02-28	2025-02-28
Average employees	100	-100

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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2023-06-01
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2022-09-16
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2021-06-25
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2020-11-06
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2019-10-14
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2018-07-31
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miscellaneous · RP04CS01
2018-06-29
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accounts · AA
2018-03-13
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2018-03-13
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2017-08-24
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accounts · AA
2017-03-06
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officers · AP01
2017-03-01
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SCOTT, Gillian appointed
director
2016-11-03
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accounts · AA
2001-06-01
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SCOTT, Gill appointed
secretary
2001-06-01
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BARTRAM, Dennis Edward resigned
secretary
2001-06-01
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NOBLE, Lyn resigned
secretary
2000-09-30
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NOBLE, Lyn appointed
secretary
2000-09-30
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BARTRAM, Jeanette Elizabeth resigned
director
1996-03-12
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BARTRAM, Dennis Edward appointed
director
1996-03-12
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BARTRAM, Dennis Edward appointed
secretary
1996-03-12
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
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1996-03-12
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BARTRAM, Jeanette Elizabeth appointed
director
1996-03-12
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
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1996-02-29
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Company incorporated
As AMATSU UK LIMITED
1996-02-29
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
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1996-02-29
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
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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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 Dennis Edward Bartram Individual · British · DOB 04/1950 · age 76	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2017

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

Incorporated1996-02-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

101 Kildale Grove

Hartlepool

TS25 2AR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-11-30

Last made up to: 2026-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

SCOTT, Gill→

secretary · appointed 2001-06-01

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Active

BARTRAM, Dennis Edward→

director · ~76y · appointed 1996-03-12

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Active

SCOTT, Gillian→

director · ~61y · appointed 2017-03-01

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Active

BARTRAM, Dennis Edward→

secretary · appointed 1996-03-12 · resigned 2001-06-01

Resigned

NOBLE, Lyn→

secretary · appointed 2000-09-30 · resigned 2001-06-01

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-02-29 · resigned 1996-03-12

Resigned

BARTRAM, Jeanette Elizabeth→

director · ~69y · appointed 1996-03-12 · resigned 2000-09-30

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-02-29 · resigned 1996-03-12

Resigned

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