ADVANCED CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09916831 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-15
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security systems service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.1y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-17
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2023-04-17
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2023-04-17
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  7. 2023-04-17
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  8. 2022-12-19
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2022-12-19
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    Charge satisfied #2
  10. 2022-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-25
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2022-02-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2022-02-07
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2022-02-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  15. 2021-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-05-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2019-04-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  20. 2019-04-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2019-04-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: John Patrick Oddy (Formally Known as Martin Paul West)
  22. 2016-03-09
    BOSTON, Brian appointed
    director
  23. 2015-12-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  24. 2015-12-15
    SULLIVAN, Mark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 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.)

Group structure

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

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Bsh Management Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ADVANCED CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
This company · 09916831

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
Bsh Management Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/04/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Patrick Oddyceased 16/04/2019· 75-100% voting

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC80200 — Security systems service activities

Registered office

Vaughan House
Eggleston Court
Middlesbrough
TS2 1RU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BOSTON, Brian
director · ~45y · appointed 2016-03-09
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Active
SULLIVAN, Mark
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-12-15
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge03/02/202219/12/2022
satisfied
John Patrick Oddy (Formally Known as Martin Paul West)
A registered charge1 property16/04/201925/02/2022

Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-04-17
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-17
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-04-17
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-04-17
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-02-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-07