ADVANCED NOISE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04387134 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£43.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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 £43,410
Net assets shrinking
Down £20,529 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£43k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£47k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£13k£26k£38k£51k£64kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£44.2k£64.7k
Current assets£46.8k£62.0k
Net assets£43.4k£63.9k

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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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-30
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  2. 2025-06-25
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    address · AD01
  3. 2024-09-20
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-08
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-09-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2021-08-16
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  10. 2020-06-26
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  11. 2019-09-17
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  12. 2018-07-02
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  13. 2017-08-24
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  14. 2016-04-23
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  15. 2016-02-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-04-20
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    KILPATRICK, Sian resigned
    secretary
  17. 2002-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED NOISE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  18. 2002-03-05
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    KILPATRICK, David William appointed
    director
  19. 2002-03-05
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    KILPATRICK, Sian appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-03-05
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-03-05
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-03-05
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-03-05
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David William Kilpatrick
Individual · English · DOB 10/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

C/O East Herts Accountants Ltd T/A Mtm 2 Falcon Gate
Shire Park
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 1TW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

KILPATRICK, David William→
director · ~69y · appointed 2002-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KILPATRICK, Sian→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-05 · resigned 2008-04-20
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-05 · resigned 2002-03-05
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-05 · resigned 2002-03-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01