ACCENTUS MEDICAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04146523 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-24

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 9 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 21.0y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 21.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

31 officers (2 active, 31 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

190 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	25	2700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 mortgage
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (99 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-01-29
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Charge satisfied #9
2025-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-18
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-02-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-18
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-02-18
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-02-18
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Charge satisfied #10
2025-02-17
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DAVIES, Nathan Spencer appointed
director
2025-02-17
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HIPKISS, Michael Conrad resigned
secretary
2025-02-17
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HOWLETT, Brian resigned
director
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-10-13
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-10-05
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Philip Agg
2021-08-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-12-27
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-12-20
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2019-12-20
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Charge satisfied #8
2019-12-19
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee)
2019-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-10
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HIPKISS, Michael Conrad appointed
secretary
2019-07-10
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MARSON, David John resigned
secretary
2019-07-10
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MARSON, David John resigned
director
2017-07-07
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2013-11-15
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Charge satisfied #7
2013-10-15
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MARSON, David John appointed
secretary
2013-09-30
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JAMESTOWN INVESTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2013-07-16
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DAVIES, Stewart Frank Gilbert resigned
director
2013-07-16
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FORSTER, Ralph Nicholas resigned
director
2013-07-16
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ROSTRON, Laurence resigned
director
2013-01-09
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Charge satisfied #6
2012-12-21
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Coller International Partners Iv Limited, Cip Industries L.P. Incorporated, Nova Capital Ci Investments L.P. and Nova Capital Gp Investments Ii L.P
2012-12-18
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FORSTER, Ralph Nicholas appointed
director
2012-12-18
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HOWLETT, Brian appointed
director
2012-12-18
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KROK-PASZKOWSKI, Andrew Robert, Mr. resigned
director
2012-12-18
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MARSON, David John appointed
director
2012-12-18
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ROSTRON, Laurence appointed
director
2012-05-25
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Cip Industries L.P. Incorporated
2010-12-05
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FORSTER, Ralph Nicholas resigned
director
2006-12-12
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RICHES, Peter resigned
director
2006-10-06
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ROPER, Philip resigned
director
2006-08-16
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Charge satisfied #5
2006-08-16
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Charge satisfied #4
2006-08-16
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Charge satisfied #3

Showing most recent 50 of 99 events

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.

Group structure

Am Surface Technologies Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Am Surface Technologies Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ACCENTUS MEDICAL LIMITED

This company · 04146523

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Am Surface Technologies Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Dr Philip James Aggceased 17/02/2025· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Incorporated2001-01-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Registered office

528.10 Unit 2 Rutherford Avenue

Harwell Oxford

Didcot

Oxfordshire

OX11 0DF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 29 resigned)

AGG, Philip James, Dr→

director · ~61y · appointed 2003-08-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DAVIES, Nathan Spencer→

director · ~47y · appointed 2025-02-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FORSTER, Ralph Nicholas→

secretary · appointed 2005-10-20 · resigned 2006-07-03

Resigned

HIPKISS, Michael Conrad→

secretary · appointed 2019-07-10 · resigned 2025-02-17

Resigned

MARSON, David John→

secretary · appointed 2013-10-15 · resigned 2019-07-10

Resigned

RUSSELL, Keith John→

secretary · appointed 2001-03-16 · resigned 2005-10-20

Resigned

JAMESTOWN INVESTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-07-03 · resigned 2013-09-30

Resigned

SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-01-24 · resigned 2001-03-16

Resigned

ALEXANDER, Mark Charles Hugh Orkell→

director · ~68y · appointed 2001-11-05 · resigned 2003-04-15

Resigned

ATKINSON, Leslie, Dr→

director · ~82y · appointed 2002-06-11 · resigned 2005-03-31

Resigned

COTTRELL, Judith→

director · ~55y · appointed 2004-10-05 · resigned 2005-03-31

Resigned

DAVIES, Stewart Frank Gilbert→

director · ~76y · appointed 2005-10-20 · resigned 2013-07-16

Resigned

FORSTER, Ralph Nicholas→

director · ~82y · appointed 2012-12-18 · resigned 2013-07-16

Resigned

FORSTER, Ralph Nicholas→

director · ~82y · appointed 2005-10-20 · resigned 2010-12-05

Resigned

HARRIS, David Roy→

director · ~69y · appointed 2001-03-16 · resigned 2003-08-01

Resigned

HIPPSLEY, Charles→

director · ~69y · appointed 2005-04-20 · resigned 2005-10-07

Resigned

HOWLETT, Brian→

director · ~82y · appointed 2012-12-18 · resigned 2025-02-17

Resigned

KROK-PASZKOWSKI, Andrew Robert, Mr.→

director · ~70y · appointed 2005-10-07 · resigned 2012-12-18

Resigned

LIVESLEY, David Macalpine, Dr→

director · ~71y · appointed 2003-08-01 · resigned 2004-10-05

Resigned

MARSON, David John→

director · ~71y · appointed 2012-12-18 · resigned 2019-07-10

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	Philip Agg / Michael Hipkiss / Brian Howlett / Hot Zone Technologies	A registered charge	—	05/10/2021	18/02/2025
satisfied	Bibby Financial Services Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee)	A registered charge	4 properties	19/12/2019	29/01/2026
satisfied	NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited	A registered charge	—	07/07/2017	20/12/2019
satisfied	Coller International Partners Iv , Cip Industries L.P. , Nova Capital Ci Investments L.P. and Nova Capital Gp Investments Ii L.P Coller International Partners Iv Limited, Cip Industries L.P. Incorporated, Nova Capital Ci Investments L.P. and Nova Capital Gp Investments Ii L.P	Security agreement relating to purchase of loan notes	1 property	21/12/2012	15/11/2013
satisfied	Cip Industries L.P. Cip Industries L.P. Incorporated	Security agreement	1 property	25/05/2012	09/01/2013
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Deed of admission to an omnibus guarantee and set-off agreement dated 7/10/2005	1 property	17/01/2006	16/08/2006
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	A deed of admission to an omnibus guarantee and set-off agreement dated 07/10/05	1 property	28/11/2005	16/08/2006
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	A deed of admission to an omnibus guarantee and set-off agreement dated 07/10/2005	1 property	08/11/2005	16/08/2006
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	An omnibus guarantee and set-off agreement	1 property	07/10/2005	16/08/2006
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Security agreement	1 property	14/06/2005	08/11/2005

Recent filings (190 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-02

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2026-01-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-19

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-02-18

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2025-02-18

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-02-18

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-02-18

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2025-02-18

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2025-02-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-01-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-16

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-03-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-30