ADVANCED WAVE TECHNOLOGIES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12096342 · ltd · incorporated 2019-07-10
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 71200Technical testing and analysis
  • 72110Research and experimental development on biotechnology
  • 72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£7k£11k£15k£19kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets—£18.6k
Current assets—£18.6k
Net assets—£18.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-07-26
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-04-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED WAVE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
  10. 2019-07-10
    ➕
    BLAKELOCK, Philip, Dr appointed
    director
  11. 2019-07-10
    ➕
    MCNIFF, James, Professor appointed
    director
  12. 2019-07-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-07-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Clarence House Blackthorn Lane
Cammeringham
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
LN1 2SH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BLAKELOCK, Philip, Dr→
director · ~74y · appointed 2019-07-10
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Active
MCNIFF, James, Professor→
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-07-10
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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-07-10