AGD TECHNICAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07084893 · ltd · incorporated 2009-11-24
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-01
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2026-03-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-02-26
    ➖
    DAWSON, Susan Audrey resigned
    director
  4. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-08-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-08-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-06-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-06-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2019-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-08-30
    ➕
    DAWSON, Susan Audrey appointed
    director
  19. 2009-11-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AGD TECHNICAL LIMITED
  20. 2009-11-24
    ➕
    DAWSON, Andrew Geoffrey appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Andrew Geoffrey Dawson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Susan Audrey Dawson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-11-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Heath Terrace Arclid
Sandbach
Cheshire
CW11 2SU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

DAWSON, Andrew Geoffrey→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-11-24
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Active
DAWSON, Susan Audrey→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-08-30 · resigned 2026-02-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-23