ADVANCED MUSIC SYSTEMS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

09186050 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-21

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£1

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other engineering activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). 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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£1

Current Assets

£1

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£1	—
Current assets	£1	—
Net assets	£1	—

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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accounts · AA
2025-07-07
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accounts · AA
2024-05-22
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accounts · AA
2023-05-17
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accounts · AA
2022-05-17
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accounts · AA
2021-05-18
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accounts · AA
2020-05-18
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accounts · AA
2019-05-29
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accounts · AA
2018-05-21
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accounts · AA
2017-08-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-05-22
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accounts · AA
2016-06-07
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CRABTREE, Mark Vallance appointed
director
2016-06-07
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GATELEY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2016-06-07
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WARD, Michael James resigned
director
2016-06-07
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GATELEY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2016-06-07
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address · AD01
2016-06-07
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officers · TM01
2016-06-07
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officers · TM01
2016-06-07
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officers · TM02
2014-08-21
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCED MUSIC SYSTEMS LIMITED
2014-08-21
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GATELEY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2014-08-21
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WARD, Michael James appointed
director
2014-08-21
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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 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Vallance Crabtree Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	07/06/2016

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

Incorporated2014-08-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Ams House

Billington Road

Burnley

Lancashire

BB11 5UB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-04

Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

CRABTREE, Mark Vallance→

director · ~74y · appointed 2016-06-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GATELEY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-08-21 · resigned 2016-06-07

Resigned

WARD, Michael James→

director · ~67y · appointed 2014-08-21 · resigned 2016-06-07

Resigned

GATELEY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2014-08-21 · resigned 2016-06-07

Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-05-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-25