ACAM TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03449688 · ltd · incorporated 1997-10-14
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£226.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 27900
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 22.2y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (4 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
97 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 £226,193
Cash YoY
+12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£62k
↑ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£226k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£285k
↑ 7.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£57k£114k£171k£228k£285kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£235.1k£205.8k
Current assets£285.1k£264.6k
Cash£62.1k£55.7k
Debtors£117.3k£112.2k
Net assets£226.2k£189.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-14
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2023-08-14
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  6. 2023-08-14
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2023-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2022-06-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  10. 2022-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-04-13
    ➕
    STEWART, Edward James Richard appointed
    director
  13. 2021-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-10-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2020-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-02-28
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    WATKINS, David Michael resigned
    director
  17. 2020-02-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-10-02
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2019-10-02
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  20. 2019-10-02
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    Charge satisfied #3
  21. 2019-10-02
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    Charge satisfied #2
  22. 2019-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2018-02-05
    ➕
    WEST, Tracy Jane appointed
    director
  24. 2016-03-07
    ➕
    WATKINS, David Michael appointed
    director
  25. 2008-12-17
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD ("the Security Holder")
  26. 2005-07-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD ("the Security Holder")
  27. 2004-03-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  28. 2000-07-07
    ➕
    WEST, Tracy Jane appointed
    secretary
  29. 2000-07-07
    ➖
    LAWRENCE, Pamela Anne resigned
    secretary
  30. 2000-07-07
    ➖
    MOTTRAM, David Robert resigned
    director
  31. 1999-09-01
    ➕
    WEST, Christopher George appointed
    director
  32. 1997-10-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACAM TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  33. 1997-10-14
    ➕
    LAWRENCE, Pamela Anne appointed
    secretary
  34. 1997-10-14
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1997-10-14
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1997-10-14
    ➕
    MOTTRAM, David Robert appointed
    director
  37. 1997-10-14
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 1997-10-14
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Tracy Jane West
Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares05/02/2018
Christopher George West
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

Unit 3 Prime Enterprise Park
Prime Parkway
Derby
DE1 3QB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

WEST, Tracy Jane→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-07
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Active
STEWART, Edward James Richard→
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-04-13
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Active
WEST, Christopher George→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-09-01
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Active
WEST, Tracy Jane→
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAWRENCE, Pamela Anne→
secretary · appointed 1997-10-14 · resigned 2000-07-07
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-10-14 · resigned 1997-10-14
Resigned
MOTTRAM, David Robert→
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-10-14 · resigned 2000-07-07
Resigned
WATKINS, David Michael→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-03-07 · resigned 2020-02-28
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-10-14 · resigned 1997-10-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD ("the Security Holder")
Floating charge (all assets)1 property17/12/200802/10/2019
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD ("the Security Holder")
Fixed charge on purchased debts which fail to vest1 property04/07/200502/10/2019
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property25/03/200420/06/2022

Recent filings (97 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-08-14
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-14
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14