ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04490678 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-19
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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. 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 (75/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-05-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2026-05-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2026-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-10
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2002-09-04
    ➕
    DOLLEY, Gillian Rose appointed
    secretary
  17. 2002-09-04
    ➕
    DOLLEY, Christopher Malcolm appointed
    director
  18. 2002-09-04
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2002-09-04
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 2002-07-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  21. 2002-07-19
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-07-19
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    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 67 — 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 67. 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Dolley
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-07-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

64 Wilberforce Way
Gravesend
DA12 5DH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DOLLEY, Gillian Rose→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-04
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Active
DOLLEY, Christopher Malcolm→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-09-04
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Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-19 · resigned 2002-09-04
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-19 · resigned 2002-09-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-05-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-04