ASTUTE MACHINERY CONSULTANTS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11031858 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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, 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-12-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-02-16➕YOUNG, Mary Ellen appointeddirector
- 2017-10-25🏢Company incorporatedAs ASTUTE MACHINERY CONSULTANTS LTD
- 2017-10-25➕YOUNG, Leslie appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 70 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Leslie Young Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 25/10/2017 |
Mrs Mary Ellen Young Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 02/04/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Registered office
Unit C
Corporation Steet
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 4AW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
YOUNG, Leslie→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2017-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YOUNG, Mary Ellen→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2018-02-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (38 total)
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address · AD01
2025-11-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-07
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2022-12-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-06