ACHATER OFFSHORE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05870068 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-07

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£-230.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £230,129

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£230k

↓ 18% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

↑ 30% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-230.1k	£-195.0k
Current assets	£4.5k	£3.4k
Net assets	£-230.1k	£-195.0k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2025-12-11
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2024-12-29
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2023-12-20
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2022-12-22
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accounts · AA
2021-11-02
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accounts · AA
2020-11-12
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accounts · AA
2019-11-11
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accounts · AA
2019-10-24
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miscellaneous · RP04CS01
2019-04-23
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officers · TM01
2019-02-27
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GROENEVELD, Andre Ralf resigned
director
2019-02-04
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capital · SH08
2019-02-04
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-01-30
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officers · AP01
2018-12-18
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accounts · AA
2017-12-18
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accounts · AA
2017-10-24
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officers · CH03
2017-10-24
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officers · CH01
2017-10-24
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officers · CH01
2017-03-31
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GROENEVELD, Andre Ralf appointed
director
2007-12-01
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KENWRIGHT, David Douglas Ernest appointed
secretary
2007-12-01
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DOUGLAS, Sylvia Margaret appointed
director
2007-12-01
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KENWRIGHT, David Douglas Ernest appointed
director
2007-12-01
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CHALMERS, Alexandra Mary resigned
secretary
2006-07-07
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Company incorporated
As ACHATER OFFSHORE LIMITED
2006-07-07
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CHALMERS, Alexandra Mary appointed
director
2006-07-07
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CHALMERS, Douglas Alexander appointed
director
2006-07-07
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CHALMERS, Alexandra Mary appointed
secretary
2006-07-07
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ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-07-07
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ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-07-07
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ACS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2006-07-07
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ACS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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.)

Group structure

Achates Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Achates Limited

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

ultimate parent

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ACHATER OFFSHORE LIMITED

This company · 05870068

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
Achates Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-07-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Nags Head Farm

Hoff

Appleby-In-Westmorland

Cumbria

CA16 6TD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-21

Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (5 active · 4 resigned)

KENWRIGHT, David Douglas Ernest→

secretary · appointed 2007-12-01

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Active

CHALMERS, Alexandra Mary→

director · ~65y · appointed 2006-07-07

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Active

CHALMERS, Douglas Alexander→

director · ~68y · appointed 2006-07-07

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Active

DOUGLAS, Sylvia Margaret→

director · ~80y · appointed 2007-12-01

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Active

KENWRIGHT, David Douglas Ernest→

director · ~79y · appointed 2007-12-01

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Active

CHALMERS, Alexandra Mary→

secretary · appointed 2006-07-07 · resigned 2007-12-01

Resigned

ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-07-07 · resigned 2006-07-07

Resigned

GROENEVELD, Andre Ralf→

director · ~48y · appointed 2017-03-31 · resigned 2019-02-27

Resigned

ACS NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2006-07-07 · resigned 2006-07-07

Resigned

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