ATS CONSTRUCTION & HIGHWAYS TRAINING LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13614671 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-10
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£260k-£207k-£154k-£101k-£48k£5kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£12.9k
Current assets£5.3k
Net assets£-259.5k
Average employees200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-28
    NASH, Jason Mark appointed
    director
  5. 2023-08-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-08-28
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-06-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-13
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2023-04-13
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2023-04-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-04-11
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2023-03-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-09-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ATS CONSTRUCTION & HIGHWAYS TRAINING LTD
  14. 2021-09-10
    SMITH, Allan appointed
    director
  15. 2021-09-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-27

Group structure

Ats Group Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Ats Group Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ATS CONSTRUCTION & HIGHWAYS TRAINING LTD
This company · 13614671

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
Ats Group Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares12/04/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Allan Smithceased 12/04/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2021-09-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 1b, Stacey Industrial Park Whitehouse Farm
Silchester Road
Tadley
RG26 3PX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-27OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

NASH, Jason Mark
director · ~53y · appointed 2023-08-28
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Active
SMITH, Allan
director · ~42y · appointed 2021-09-10
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Active

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Recent filings (16 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-04-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13