APPLIED AUTOMATION SERVICES LTD

🌳Matureactive
09766894 · ltd · incorporated 2015-09-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£4.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
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. 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,712

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£5k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↑ 52% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£4k£6k£8k£11kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.5k£5.0k
Current assets£10.6k£7.0k
Net assets£4.7k£4.2k

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

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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-08-04
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  3. 2023-07-10
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  4. 2022-06-21
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  5. 2022-06-21
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  6. 2021-07-12
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  7. 2020-07-07
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  8. 2019-06-27
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-21
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    officers · AP01
  10. 2019-06-20
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    ANDERSON, Anne appointed
    director
  11. 2018-07-11
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-10
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    address · AD01
  13. 2017-09-07
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  14. 2017-09-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2017-04-25
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-21
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2017-04-21
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2017-04-01
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    ANDERSON, Matthew appointed
    director
  19. 2017-01-31
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    NOYVIRT, Alexandre Emilov resigned
    director
  20. 2015-09-08
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    Company incorporated
    As APPLIED AUTOMATION SERVICES LTD
  21. 2015-09-08
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    NOYVIRT, Alexandre Emilov appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
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.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/01/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alexandre Emilov Noyvirtceased 30/01/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-09-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Greystones
Westgate
Cowbridge
CF71 7AR
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ANDERSON, Anne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-06-20
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Active
ANDERSON, Matthew→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-04-01
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Active
NOYVIRT, Alexandre Emilov→
director · ~56y · appointed 2015-09-08 · resigned 2017-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-27