AB-D SATELLITE SYSTEM ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09517980 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-30

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£12.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other engineering activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 £12,131

Net assets shrinking

Down £554 YoY

Cash YoY

+13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£14k

↑ 13% YoY

Net Worth

£12k

↓ 4.4% YoY

Current Assets

£19k

↓ 28% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£12.1k	£12.7k
Current assets	£19.0k	£26.4k
Cash	£14.1k	£12.5k
Debtors	£4.9k	£14.0k
Net assets	£12.1k	£12.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-08-29
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2023-07-19
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2022-08-05
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2021-08-13
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accounts · AA
2020-10-16
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accounts · AA
2020-09-24
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2020-09-23
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2020-09-23
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2019-12-13
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2018-09-13
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2018-03-02
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2018-03-02
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2017-10-05
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2016-09-15
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2015-03-30
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Company incorporated
As AB-D SATELLITE SYSTEM ENGINEERING LIMITED
2015-03-30
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BRYAN-DAVIS, Alec Leslie appointed
director
2015-03-30
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BRYAN-DAVIS, Ann appointed
director

Owner dependency

71/100

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.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alec Leslie Bryan-Davis Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Ann Bryan-Davis Individual · British · DOB 09/1974 · age 52	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2015-03-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Unit 1b, Focus Four

Fourth Avenue

Letchworth

Hertfordshire

SG6 2TU

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-28

Last: 2026-03-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BRYAN-DAVIS, Alec Leslie→

director · ~54y · appointed 2015-03-30

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BRYAN-DAVIS, Ann→

director · ~52y · appointed 2015-03-30

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