ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VENTURES (UK) LTD

📈Growthactive

06465051 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-07

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£1.83M

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 13.2y

45/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 13.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (8 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

87 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,145,567

Turnover YoY

-3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Turnover	£1.83M	£1.88M
Gross profit	£1.83M	£1.88M
Operating profit	£368.0k	£354.5k
Profit before tax	£1.15M	£721.1k
Average employees	900	600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 (39 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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accounts · AA
2025-07-02
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officers · CH01
2025-05-08
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accounts · AA
2024-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
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accounts · AA
2022-08-31
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officers · CH01
2022-08-17
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officers · AP01
2022-08-16
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officers · AP01
2022-07-20
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BRUNT, Peter Kevin appointed
director
2022-07-20
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COLLINS, Peter James appointed
director
2022-05-30
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accounts · AA
2021-03-09
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incorporation · MA
2021-03-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-03-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-02-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-02-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-02-25
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officers · AP01
2021-02-25
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officers · AP01
2021-02-25
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officers · TM01
2021-02-25
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officers · TM01
2021-02-25
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officers · TM01
2021-02-18
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GILLETT, David Alan, Dr appointed
director
2021-02-18
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TILEY, Nicholas John appointed
director
2021-02-18
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HOLMES, Fiona resigned
director
2021-02-18
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HUGHES, Sally resigned
director
2021-02-18
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OAKLEY-MUDGE, Sarah, Dr resigned
director
2021-02-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee for Each of Itself and Each Secured Party
2020-09-22
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2020-08-20
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-04-27
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HOLMES, Fiona appointed
director
2017-04-27
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OAKLEY-MUDGE, Sarah, Dr appointed
director
2017-04-26
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HUGHES, Sally appointed
director
2013-04-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2008-01-07
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VENTURES (UK) LTD
2008-01-07
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HUGHES, Alan Clive Cernyw appointed
secretary
2008-01-07
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HOLMES, Guy Anthony appointed
director
2008-01-07
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HUGHES, Alan Clive Cernyw appointed
director
2008-01-07
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MUDGE, Geoffrey James appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

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

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Avr Photonics Group Limited

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

ultimate parent

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ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VENTURES (UK) LTD

This company · 06465051

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
Avr Photonics Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	18/02/2021

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Guy Anthony Holmesceased 18/02/2021· significant influence
Mr Alan Clive Cernyw Hughesceased 18/02/2021· significant influence
Mr Geoff Mudgeceased 18/02/2021· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-01-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities

Registered office

Unit 9 Avro Court

Ermine Business Park

Huntingdon

Cambridgeshire

PE29 6XS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-16

Last: 2026-01-02