ARMOUR SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08475897 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-05

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

43 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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	2024-12-31
Average employees	1000

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-09-26
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accounts · AA
2024-09-26
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accounts · AA
2023-09-21
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accounts · AA
2022-05-16
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accounts · AA
2021-06-25
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accounts · AA
2021-05-06
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accounts · AA01
2021-02-26
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capital · SH01
2021-01-29
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address · AD01
2021-01-29
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officers · TM01
2021-01-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-01-29
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officers · AP01
2021-01-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-01-29
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officers · AP01
2021-01-28
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CROWLEY, Yvette appointed
director
2021-01-28
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GASCOIGNE, Andrew appointed
director
2021-01-28
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BROWN, Michael John resigned
director
2020-08-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-07
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accounts · AA
2019-11-05
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accounts · AA
2014-09-23
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DEES, David Charles resigned
director
2014-09-19
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BROWN, Michael John appointed
director
2014-02-25
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DEES, David Charles appointed
director
2014-02-25
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SMITH, Martin Arden resigned
director
2013-04-05
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Company incorporated
As ARMOUR SYSTEMS LIMITED
2013-04-05
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SMITH, Martin Arden appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Andrew Gascoigne Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	28/01/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Michael John Brownceased 28/01/2021· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest

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

Incorporated2013-04-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Unit J Lyon Road

Denbigh West

Milton Keynes

MK1 1EX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-21

Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CROWLEY, Yvette→

director · ~64y · appointed 2021-01-28

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GASCOIGNE, Andrew→

director · ~68y · appointed 2021-01-28

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Active

BROWN, Michael John→

director · ~68y · appointed 2014-09-19 · resigned 2021-01-28

Resigned

DEES, David Charles→

director · ~65y · appointed 2014-02-25 · resigned 2014-09-23

Resigned

SMITH, Martin Arden→

director · ~67y · appointed 2013-04-05 · resigned 2014-02-25

Resigned

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