ADVANCED INTERACTIVE MATERIALS SCIENCE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07934090 · ltd · incorporated 2012-02-02
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.
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
  • 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.0y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (1 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees3300

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.

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-20
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    BARRY, Nicholas Michael resigned
    director
  6. 2023-01-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-27
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    BUTLER, Leigh resigned
    secretary
  14. 2017-07-27
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  15. 2017-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2016-09-30
    ➖
    ARCHER, Geoffrey Frederick resigned
    director
  18. 2016-08-17
    ➕
    BUTLER, Leigh appointed
    secretary
  19. 2016-07-29
    ➖
    MACLEOD, Alistair resigned
    director
  20. 2016-07-20
    ➕
    BARRY, Nicholas Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2015-11-14
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    KHAN, Raja Hameed Ullah, Dr resigned
    director
  22. 2015-10-29
    ➖
    HODGKINS, Mark Nicholas resigned
    director
  23. 2015-09-01
    ➕
    KHAN, Raja Hameed Ullah, Dr appointed
    director
  24. 2015-08-01
    ➕
    TOMPSETT, Rodney Graham appointed
    director
  25. 2015-07-07
    ➖
    THOMAS, Brian James resigned
    director
  26. 2015-05-04
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Alistair appointed
    director
  27. 2015-02-01
    ➖
    YOUNG, Paul resigned
    director
  28. 2014-06-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Alycidon Capital Limited
  29. 2014-01-01
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    THOMAS, Brian James appointed
    director
  30. 2013-06-13
    ➖
    SEABROOK, Michael Richard resigned
    director
  31. 2013-05-10
    ➖
    BLASDALE, Brian John resigned
    director
  32. 2013-05-10
    ➕
    HODGKINS, Mark Nicholas appointed
    director
  33. 2013-04-02
    ➕
    YOUNG, Paul appointed
    director
  34. 2013-03-04
    ➕
    BLASDALE, Brian John appointed
    director
  35. 2012-10-08
    ➕
    SEABROOK, Michael Richard appointed
    director
  36. 2012-10-05
    ➖
    HODGKINS, Mark Nicholas resigned
    director
  37. 2012-06-14
    ➕
    ARCHER, Geoffrey Frederick appointed
    director
  38. 2012-05-18
    ➖
    GATELEY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  39. 2012-05-18
    ➕
    HODGKINS, Mark Nicholas appointed
    director
  40. 2012-05-18
    ➖
    WARD, Michael James resigned
    director
  41. 2012-05-18
    ➖
    GATELEY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  42. 2012-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED INTERACTIVE MATERIALS SCIENCE LIMITED
  43. 2012-02-02
    ➕
    GATELEY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  44. 2012-02-02
    ➕
    WARD, Michael James appointed
    director
  45. 2012-02-02
    ➕
    GATELEY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

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

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Alycidon Capital Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ADVANCED INTERACTIVE MATERIALS SCIENCE LIMITED
This company · 07934090

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alycidon Capital Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control02/02/2017

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

19 Highfield Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 3BH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19

Officers (1 active · 14 resigned)

TOMPSETT, Rodney Graham→
director · ~73y · appointed 2015-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTLER, Leigh→
secretary · appointed 2016-08-17 · resigned 2017-07-27
Resigned
GATELEY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-02-02 · resigned 2012-05-18
Resigned
ARCHER, Geoffrey Frederick→
director · ~79y · appointed 2012-06-14 · resigned 2016-09-30
Resigned
BARRY, Nicholas Michael→
director · ~37y · appointed 2016-07-20 · resigned 2023-01-20
Resigned
BLASDALE, Brian John→
director · ~77y · appointed 2013-03-04 · resigned 2013-05-10
Resigned
HODGKINS, Mark Nicholas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2013-05-10 · resigned 2015-10-29
Resigned
HODGKINS, Mark Nicholas→
director · ~69y · appointed 2012-05-18 · resigned 2012-10-05
Resigned
KHAN, Raja Hameed Ullah, Dr→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-09-01 · resigned 2015-11-14
Resigned
MACLEOD, Alistair→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-05-04 · resigned 2016-07-29
Resigned
SEABROOK, Michael Richard→
director · ~74y · appointed 2012-10-08 · resigned 2013-06-13
Resigned
THOMAS, Brian James→
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-01-01 · resigned 2015-07-07
Resigned
WARD, Michael James→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-02-02 · resigned 2012-05-18
Resigned
YOUNG, Paul→
director · ~67y · appointed 2013-04-02 · resigned 2015-02-01
Resigned
GATELEY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2012-02-02 · resigned 2012-05-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Alycidon Capital
Alycidon Capital Limited
A registered charge1 property24/06/2014—
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Recent filings (75 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-05