ACOUSTIC MACHINES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

12035491 · ltd · incorporated 2019-06-05

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£-4.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 27900

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

13 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £4,316

Net assets shrinking

Down £4,385 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£4k

↓ 6355% YoY

Current Assets

£589

↓ 69% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£-3.9k	£489
Current assets	£589	£1.9k
Net assets	£-4.3k	£69

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand

2025-11-18
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accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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accounts · AA
2023-11-15
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accounts · AA
2022-10-18
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accounts · AA
2021-09-28
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accounts · AA
2021-03-01
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accounts · AA
2019-06-05
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Company incorporated
As ACOUSTIC MACHINES LIMITED
2019-06-05
➕
HAWKES, Jeremy John, Dr appointed
director
2019-06-05
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HAWKES, Luke Edward appointed
director
2019-06-05
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100

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.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Jeremy John Hawkes Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	05/06/2019

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

Incorporated2019-06-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC27900 — SIC 27900

Registered office

31 Rockbourne Avenue

Liverpool

Merseyside

L25 4TQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-18

Last: 2025-06-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HAWKES, Jeremy John, Dr→

director · ~66y · appointed 2019-06-05

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Active

HAWKES, Luke Edward→

director · ~27y · appointed 2019-06-05

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