ADVANCED REACTION MOTOR SYSTEMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08945991 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£458.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
57 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £458,803
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£16k
Net Worth
£459k
Current Assets
£19k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £518.9k | — |
| Current assets | £18.7k | — |
| Cash | £15.5k | — |
| Debtors | £3.2k | — |
| Net assets | £458.8k | — |
| Average employees | — | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-04-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-05-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-21➕MELLOR, Richard Alan appointeddirector
- 2022-01-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-19➖STAVELEY, David Alan resigneddirector
- 2021-11-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-08-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-08-21➕STAVELEY, David Alan appointeddirector
- 2020-07-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-07-20➖JUBB, Daniel Malcolm resigneddirector
- 2020-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-13➖SCOTT-GREEN, Andrew resigneddirector
- 2016-05-29➕SCOTT-GREEN, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2015-11-01➕JUBB, Daniel Malcolm appointeddirector
- 2014-03-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCED REACTION MOTOR SYSTEMS LIMITED
- 2014-03-19➕SLOMAN, Roger Mark appointeddirector
- 2014-03-19➕KAHAN, Barbara appointeddirector
- 2014-03-19➖KAHAN, Barbara resigneddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 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 12 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
The Falcon Project Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
🏛️significant stake
Advanced Blast & Ballistic Systems Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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ADVANCED REACTION MOTOR SYSTEMS LIMITED
This company · 08945991
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The Falcon Project Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Advanced Blast & Ballistic Systems Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Registered office
4 Firs Close
St. Martins
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY11 3LT
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
MELLOR, Richard Alan→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2022-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SLOMAN, Roger Mark→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2014-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JUBB, Daniel Malcolm→
Resigneddirector · ~42y · appointed 2015-11-01 · resigned 2020-07-20
KAHAN, Barbara→
Resigneddirector · ~95y · appointed 2014-03-19 · resigned 2014-03-19
SCOTT-GREEN, Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2016-05-29 · resigned 2016-09-13
STAVELEY, David Alan→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2020-08-21 · resigned 2021-11-19
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Recent filings (57 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-21