ATOMIC VPS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07536159 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-21
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Data processing, hosting and related activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
40 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-18
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-19
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2021-05-18
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-05
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2019-06-04
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  14. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-03-07
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    FLYNN, Anthony Joseph appointed
    director
  18. 2015-03-07
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    FLYNN, Anthony Joseph resigned
    director
  19. 2011-02-23
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    FLYNN, Laurence Anthony Martin appointed
    director
  20. 2011-02-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ATOMIC VPS LTD
  21. 2011-02-21
    ➕
    FLYNN, Anthony Joseph appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Laurence Anthony Martin Flynn
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mr Anthony Joseph Flynn
Individual · British · DOB 05/1949 · age 77
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC63110 — Data processing, hosting and related activities

Registered office

Egerton House
55 Hoole Road
Chester
CH2 3NJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

FLYNN, Anthony Joseph→
director · ~77y · appointed 2017-03-07
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Active
FLYNN, Laurence Anthony Martin→
director · ~54y · appointed 2011-02-23
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Active
FLYNN, Anthony Joseph→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-02-21 · resigned 2015-03-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-17
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-05-19
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-05-18