A.T.E. SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04440390 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-16

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£5.88M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 26511

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,876,837

Cash YoY

+19%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4.4m

↑ 19% YoY

Net Worth

£5.9m

↑ 24% YoY

Current Assets

£6.4m

↑ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£5.88M	£4.75M
Current assets	£6.43M	£5.27M
Cash	£4.40M	£3.70M
Debtors	£1.71M	£1.26M
Net assets	£5.88M	£4.75M

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

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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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-06-05
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officers · TM01
2026-06-04
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KING, Daniel Philip resigned
director
2026-05-29
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officers · AP01
2026-05-21
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SODERLIND, Lars Magnus appointed
director
2026-03-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-01
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CEDERSTRAND, Johan Fredrik appointed
director
2025-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-31
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FREDELL, Nils Oscar Alf resigned
director
2024-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
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KAVANAGH, Dean Peter appointed
director
2023-10-13
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officers · AP01
2023-02-03
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FALCONER, James resigned
director
2023-02-03
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FREDELL, Nils Oscar Alf appointed
director
2023-02-03
➕
KING, Daniel Philip appointed
director
2023-02-03
➖
LEES, Karren Elizabeth resigned
director
2023-02-03
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RYAN, Colin Arthur resigned
director
2023-02-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-02-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-02-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2004-02-11
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FALCONER, James appointed
director
2004-02-11
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RYAN, Colin Arthur appointed
director
2002-05-16
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Company incorporated
As A.T.E. SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2002-05-16
➕
LEES, Steven John appointed
secretary
2002-05-16
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LEES, Steven John appointed
director
2002-05-16
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LEES, Karren Elizabeth appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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 ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: FREDELL, Nils Oscar Alf resigned 2025-10-31; KING, Daniel Philip resigned 2026-06-04

Group structure

Bergman & Beving Invest Ab is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bergman & Beving Invest Ab

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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A.T.E. SOLUTIONS LIMITED

This company · 04440390

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
Bergman & Beving Invest Ab Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	03/02/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Steven John Leesceased 03/02/2023· 50-75% 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

Incorporated2002-05-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC26511 — SIC 26511

Registered office

Units 1 & 2

Prospect Court, Courteenhall Road Blisworth

Northampton

Northants

NN7 3DG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-17

Last: 2026-02-03