ATLAS BUSINESS GROUP OF COMPANIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03204893 · ltd · incorporated 1996-05-29

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£265.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

62090Other information technology service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -65% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 22.7y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 22.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (5 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

190 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £265,619

Net assets shrinking

Down £374,206 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 65% YoY

Cash YoY

-65%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£229k

↓ 65% YoY

Net Worth

£266k

↓ 58% YoY

Current Assets

£336k

↓ 52% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£321.6k	£686.5k
Current assets	£336.1k	£703.9k
Cash	£228.8k	£652.6k
Debtors	£100.4k	—
Net assets	£265.6k	£639.8k

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

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3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand

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BRITTON, David James resigned
director
2015-02-01
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GIBBS-STEEL, David Edmund Philip appointed
director
2015-02-01
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MANKTELOW, Gary appointed
director
2015-02-01
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BRITTON, David James appointed
director
2014-02-24
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BILYJ, John Michael resigned
director
2014-02-24
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BUTLER, Benjamin Scott resigned
director
2014-02-24
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LONSDALE, Diane resigned
director
2014-02-24
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MANKTELOW, Gary resigned
director
2014-01-16
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2013-07-17
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CAMERON, Craig Mckinnon resigned
director
2009-01-01
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BILYJ, John Michael appointed
director
2009-01-01
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LONSDALE, Diane appointed
director
2009-01-01
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MANKTELOW, Gary appointed
director
2007-12-13
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CAMERON, Craig Mckinnon appointed
director
2005-04-01
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CHAN, Anthony Nicholas resigned
director
2003-11-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2000-05-31
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FIELDHOUSE, Roger resigned
director
1998-03-13
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BUTLER, Benjamin Scott appointed
director
1998-03-13
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CHAN, Anthony Nicholas appointed
director
1998-03-13
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FIELDHOUSE, Roger appointed
director
1997-01-16
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OSBORNE, Daisy Grace May resigned
director
1996-06-12
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OSBORNE, Daisy Grace May appointed
director
1996-05-29
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Company incorporated
As ATLAS BUSINESS GROUP OF COMPANIES LIMITED
1996-05-29
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BUTLER, Daphne appointed
secretary
1996-05-29
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BUTLER, Daphne appointed
director
1996-05-29
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BUTLER, John Andrew Scott, Mr. appointed
director
1996-05-29
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HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
nominee-secretary
1996-05-29
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HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
nominee-secretary
1996-05-29
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BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Andrew Scott Butler Individual · British · DOB 04/1944 · age 82	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/05/2016
Mrs Daphne Butler Individual · British · DOB 09/1945 · age 81	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/05/2016

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

Incorporated1996-05-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Datum House

Electra Way

Crewe

Cheshire

CW1 6ZF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-14

Last: 2026-04-30