ADVANCED MARINE COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04271828 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-16
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£33.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 51102
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 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
80
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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £33,832

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£34k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£33k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£7k£14k£20k£27k£34kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£33.8k£24.3k
Current assets£32.8k£27.9k
Net assets£33.8k£24.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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  2. 2025-04-04
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  3. 2024-05-28
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  4. 2024-05-06
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  5. 2023-05-18
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  6. 2022-02-28
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  7. 2021-05-17
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  8. 2020-05-22
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  9. 2019-02-08
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  10. 2018-06-05
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  11. 2017-02-17
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  12. 2016-06-30
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  13. 2016-05-31
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  14. 2016-05-19
    ➖
    ROGERS, Victoria Jane resigned
    secretary
  15. 2016-05-19
    ➖
    ROGERS, Victoria Jane resigned
    director
  16. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    MEDLOW, Linda appointed
    director
  17. 2005-08-09
    ➕
    ROGERS, Victoria Jane appointed
    director
  18. 2001-08-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED MARINE COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 2001-08-16
    ➕
    MOWATT, Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 2001-08-16
    ➕
    ROGERS, Victoria Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-08-16
    ➕
    OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-08-16
    ➖
    OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-08-16
    ➕
    OCS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2001-08-16
    ➖
    OCS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Mowatt
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares23/08/2016
Mrs Linda Medlow
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares23/08/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Sian Medlowceased 06/05/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2001-08-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC51102 — SIC 51102

Registered office

32 Victoria Avenue
Hayling Island
Hampshire
PO11 9AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MEDLOW, Linda→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOWATT, Andrew→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROGERS, Victoria Jane→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2016-05-19
Resigned
OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2001-08-16
Resigned
ROGERS, Victoria Jane→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-08-09 · resigned 2016-05-19
Resigned
OCS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2001-08-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11