AMERICAN OPTICAL UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09625642 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-05
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
31 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£1£1£1Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1£1
Debtors£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2019-10-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-10-17
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  10. 2019-10-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-10-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-10-16
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  13. 2019-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-06-05
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    Company incorporated
    As AMERICAN OPTICAL UK LIMITED
  17. 2015-06-05
    ➕
    KAY, Christopher David, Mr. appointed
    director
  18. 2015-06-05
    ➕
    TOTTERMAN, Robin Bjorn Christian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 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.)

Group structure

Inspecs Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Inspecs Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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AMERICAN OPTICAL UK LIMITED
This company · 09625642

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Inspecs Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

7-10 Kelso Place
Bath
Somerset
BA1 3AU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-15
Last: 2026-06-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KAY, Christopher David, Mr.→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-06-05
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Active
TOTTERMAN, Robin Bjorn Christian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-06-05
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Active

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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2019-10-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-10-17