ADVANCED COMPOSITE MACHINING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09159846 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-04
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£33.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Machining
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 25990SIC 25990
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -32% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £33,309
Net assets shrinking
Down £40,128 YoY
Cash YoY
-32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£33k
↓ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£33k
↓ 55% YoY
Current Assets
£82k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£22k£45k£67k£89k£112kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£40.0k£82.8k
Current assets£81.8k£111.7k
Cash£33.1k£48.5k
Debtors£32.4k£45.9k
Net assets£33.3k£73.4k

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

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-05-30
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  3. 2024-05-30
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  4. 2023-05-18
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  5. 2022-06-24
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  6. 2021-05-27
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  7. 2020-08-25
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  8. 2019-05-24
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  9. 2018-05-25
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  10. 2017-05-26
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  11. 2016-05-03
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  12. 2015-08-07
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  13. 2015-08-07
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  14. 2015-08-07
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  15. 2014-08-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED COMPOSITE MACHINING LIMITED
  16. 2014-08-04
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    DIGGER, Michael Paul appointed
    director
  17. 2014-08-04
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    DIGGER, Nicholas Simon appointed
    director
  18. 2014-08-04
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Owner dependency

86/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
Mr Michael Paul Digger
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Nicholas Simon Digger
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
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
Incorporated2014-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

7 Poplar Crescent
Stourbridge
DY8 3BA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DIGGER, Michael Paul→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-08-04
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DIGGER, Nicholas Simon→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-08-04
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-24