ADVANCED EMBEDDED SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
03699688 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-22
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£441.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46520
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £441,560
Cash YoY
+53%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£539k
↑ 53% YoY
Net Worth
£442k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£611k
↑ 2.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£122k£244k£367k£489k£611kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£562.8k£513.4k
Current assets£610.9k£594.6k
Cash£538.6k£352.0k
Net assets£441.6k£392.1k

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-04
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    capital · SH06
  3. 2024-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-12-31
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    WHEATLEY, Timothy John resigned
    director
  6. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2019-12-04
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  11. 2018-10-08
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-12
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-02-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-04-06
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    DEWEY, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  18. 2013-04-06
    ➕
    LANGSTON, Nina Dorothy Theresa appointed
    director
  19. 2013-04-06
    ➕
    WHEATLEY, Timothy John appointed
    director
  20. 2013-01-25
    ➖
    GREENACRE, Ashley Rosemary resigned
    secretary
  21. 2010-08-26
    ➖
    GREENACRE, Ashley Rosemary resigned
    secretary
  22. 2010-01-25
    ➕
    GREENACRE, Philip Adrian appointed
    director
  23. 2010-01-25
    ➕
    GREENACRE, Ashley Rosemary appointed
    secretary
  24. 2010-01-25
    ➕
    GREENACRE, Ashley Rosemary appointed
    secretary
  25. 2010-01-25
    ➖
    GREENACRE, Teresa resigned
    secretary
  26. 1999-01-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED EMBEDDED SOLUTIONS LTD
  27. 1999-01-22
    ➕
    GREENACRE, Victoria Elizabeth appointed
    director
  28. 1999-01-22
    ➕
    GREENACRE, Teresa appointed
    secretary
  29. 1999-01-22
    ➕
    CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1999-01-22
    ➖
    CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1999-01-22
    ➕
    CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1999-01-22
    ➖
    CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Nina Dorothy Theresa Langston
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/01/2017

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
Incorporated1999-01-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

Waverley House Lyndhurst Road
Bransgore
Christchurch
Hampshire
BH23 8LA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-05
Last: 2026-01-22

Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)

DEWEY, Nicholas John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREENACRE, Philip Adrian→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREENACRE, Victoria Elizabeth→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LANGSTON, Nina Dorothy Theresa→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREENACRE, Ashley Rosemary→
secretary · appointed 2010-01-25 · resigned 2010-08-26
Resigned
GREENACRE, Ashley Rosemary→
secretary · appointed 2010-01-25 · resigned 2013-01-25
Resigned
GREENACRE, Teresa→
secretary · appointed 1999-01-22 · resigned 2010-01-25
Resigned
CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-01-22 · resigned 1999-01-22
Resigned
WHEATLEY, Timothy John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2013-04-06 · resigned 2023-12-31
Resigned
CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-01-22 · resigned 1999-01-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-18
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-22