ADVANCED NANO TECHNOLOGIES & SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-172.3k | £-148.8k |
| Current assets | £20.5k | £14.1k |
| Cash | £3 | £9.3k |
| Debtors | £20.5k | £4.9k |
| Net assets | £-172.3k | £-148.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-31📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2018-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-30📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2017-11-11📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2017-10-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2017-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2009-10-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCED NANO TECHNOLOGIES & SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
- 2009-10-23➕MULLINS, Robert Clive appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Robert Clive Mullins Individual · British · DOB 07/1951 · age 75 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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