ADVANCED EPI MATERIALS AND DEVICES LTD

⚰️Wound downdissolved
09849789 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-30
Investment thesis
Company dissolved — not a live target.
Why interesting: Historical record only; useful for precedent research.
Why risky: Not transactable.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£37.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
55/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 55/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Company dissolved. Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
55/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
30
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £37,887
Cash YoY
+7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£21k
↑ 7.4% YoY
Net Worth
£38k
↑ 411% YoY
Current Assets
£63k
↑ 93% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£13k£25k£38k£50k£63kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£37.9k£7.4k
Current assets£63.1k£32.6k
Cash£20.9k£19.5k
Debtors£42.2k£13.2k
Net assets£37.9k£7.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 gazette
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 gazette
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-14
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    gazette-dissolved-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ2(A)
  2. 2026-07-14
    🏁
    Company dissolved
  3. 2026-04-28
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  4. 2026-04-20
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  5. 2025-05-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-07-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-23
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-03-23
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-03-10
    VAKULENKO, Tetyana appointed
    director
  12. 2022-03-10
    MYRONOV, Maksym, Dr resigned
    director
  13. 2021-07-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-10-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-05-13
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2019-07-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-11-05
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2018-11-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2018-05-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  21. 2015-10-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED EPI MATERIALS AND DEVICES LTD
  22. 2015-10-30
    COLSTON, Gerard Brent, Dr appointed
    director
  23. 2015-10-30
    MYRONOV, Maksym, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

1 high ·
Company dissolved
high

Company has been dissolved — it no longer legally exists. Any diligence here is historical only.

Evidence: Dissolved on 2026-07-14

Group structure

University Of Warwick holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
University Of Warwick
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
ADVANCED EPI MATERIALS AND DEVICES LTD
This company · 09849789

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Gerard Brent Colston
Individual · British · DOB 04/1991 · age 35
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/08/2016
Dr Maksym Myronov
Individual · British · DOB 03/1974 · age 52
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/08/2016
University Of Warwick
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/08/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusdissolved
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-10-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

Registered office

Highdown House
11 Highdown Road
Leamington Spa
CV31 1XT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due:
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due:
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (0 active · 1 resigned)

COLSTON, Gerard Brent, Dr
director · ~35y · appointed 2015-10-30
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Active
VAKULENKO, Tetyana
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-03-10
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Active
MYRONOV, Maksym, Dr
director · ~52y · appointed 2015-10-30 · resigned 2022-03-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

gazette-dissolved-voluntary
gazette · GAZ2(A)
2026-07-14
gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-04-28
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-02