ADVANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00564590 · ltd · incorporated 1956-04-12

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£5.23M

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Asset purchase likely safer than share purchase given structural signals. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 11 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: family or management succession (50/100).

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Refinance opportunity

23 live charges · 11 lenders · oldest 67.2y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 67.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 11 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 55/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

23 charges (23/23 with lender, 23/23 with type)

Directors & officers

20 officers (14 active, 20 linked, 19 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

173 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,228,541

Cash YoY

+3%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£198k

↑ 2.7% YoY

Net Worth

£5.2m

↑ 30% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Cash	£197.7k	£192.5k
Net assets	£5.23M	£4.02M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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 (85 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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2025-09-09
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officers · CH01
2025-08-19
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officers · CH01
2025-08-19
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officers · CH01
2024-12-14
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accounts · AA
2024-12-05
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officers · TM01
2024-11-04
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FOX, Anthony John, Prof resigned
director
2023-12-19
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accounts · AA
2023-10-24
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2023-10-24
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2023-10-24
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2023-10-16
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officers · CH01
2023-10-16
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2023-10-16
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2023-08-02
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2023-02-01
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BALITI, Judith appointed
director
2023-02-01
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ERDOS, Ben appointed
director
2023-02-01
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ERDOS, Rachel appointed
director
2023-02-01
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ERDOS, Vivienne Alice appointed
director
2023-02-01
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FOX, Annemarie appointed
director
2023-02-01
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FOX, Sebastian Stefan appointed
director
2023-02-01
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FOX, Simone Nikki, Dr appointed
director
2023-02-01
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HONEY, Leonard Henry appointed
director
2023-02-01
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NEWGAS, Adam appointed
director
2023-02-01
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NEWGAS, Sophie Alice appointed
director
2018-12-21
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Charge satisfied #22
2018-12-14
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Charge registered #24
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2018-12-13
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Charge registered #23
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2018-12-13
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Charge registered #22
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2018-12-13
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Charge registered #21
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2018-09-24
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Charge registered #20
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2018-03-14
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HUBERMAN, Paul Laurence appointed
director
2018-01-18
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NEWGAS, Celia Janet appointed
director
2018-01-06
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HONEY, Lila resigned
director
2017-10-12
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Charge satisfied #19
2017-10-12
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Charge satisfied #18
2017-03-01
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BALITI, Daniel Yitzhak appointed
director
2017-03-01
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FOX, Zoe Valerie, Dr appointed
director
2017-03-01
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FENTON, Ian Jonathan resigned
director
2016-05-23
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FOX, Gertrude resigned
secretary
2016-05-23
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FOX, Gertrude resigned
director
2014-07-17
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Charge satisfied #17

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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

-14 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — FOX, Sebastian Stefan (same surname) appointed 2023-02-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 70 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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8 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

Incorporated1956-04-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

46 Redington Road

London

NW3 7RS

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-02

Last: 2025-09-18