ADVANCE DIGITAL GRAPHICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01516860 · ltd · incorporated 1980-09-10
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£222.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of exhibition and fair organisers
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
127 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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 £222,307
Cash YoY
+8%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£236k
↑ 7.8% YoY
Net Worth
£222k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£381k
↓ 6.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£82k£164k£245k£327k£409kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£267.0k£205.8k
Current assets£380.7k£408.9k
Cash£235.5k£218.5k
Debtors£136.1k£181.1k
Net assets£222.3k£189.8k

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.

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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 (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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    HARMAN, Clare Elizabeth appointed
    director
  2. 2025-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-10-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-03-21
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    SIMMONS, Debbie resigned
    director
  5. 2025-03-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2024-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-29
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    MONK, Christopher resigned
    director
  10. 2022-07-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2019-03-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-03-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2008-01-04
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    MONK, Christopher appointed
    director
  20. 2005-10-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Abbey National PLC
  21. 2004-09-09
    ➕
    HARMAN, Daniel appointed
    secretary
  22. 2004-09-09
    ➖
    SCOTT, Alison Jayne resigned
    secretary
  23. 2004-09-09
    ➕
    SIMMONS, Debbie appointed
    director
  24. 2002-09-03
    ➖
    SCOTT, Alison Jayne resigned
    director
  25. 1998-12-17
    ➕
    SCOTT, Alison Jayne appointed
    secretary
  26. 1998-12-17
    ➕
    SCOTT, Alison Jayne appointed
    director
  27. 1998-09-30
    ➖
    JACKSON, Muriel Kathleen resigned
    secretary
  28. 1998-09-30
    ➖
    JACKSON, Muriel Kathleen resigned
    director
  29. 1998-01-07
    ➕
    HARMAN, Daniel appointed
    director
  30. 1994-03-31
    ➖
    SCOTT, Alison Jayne resigned
    director
  31. 1993-04-01
    ➖
    JACKSON, Geoffrey resigned
    secretary
  32. 1993-04-01
    ➕
    JACKSON, Muriel Kathleen appointed
    secretary
  33. 1993-04-01
    ➖
    JACKSON, Geoffrey resigned
    director
  34. 1993-04-01
    ➕
    SCOTT, Alison Jayne appointed
    director
  35. 1993-03-22
    ➖
    LEWIS, Eric resigned
    director
  36. 1980-09-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCE DIGITAL GRAPHICS LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Daniel Harman
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
25–50%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Clare Elizabeth Harman
Individual · British · DOB 01/1982 · age 44
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1980-09-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82301 — Activities of exhibition and fair organisers

Registered office

89 High Street
Hadleigh
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP7 5EA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)

HARMAN, Daniel→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-09
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Active
HARMAN, Clare Elizabeth→
director · ~44y · appointed 2025-10-06
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Active
HARMAN, Daniel→
director · ~54y · appointed 1998-01-07
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Active
JACKSON, Geoffrey→
secretary · resigned 1993-04-01
Resigned
JACKSON, Muriel Kathleen→
secretary · appointed 1993-04-01 · resigned 1998-09-30
Resigned
SCOTT, Alison Jayne→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-17 · resigned 2004-09-09
Resigned
JACKSON, Geoffrey→
director · ~88y · resigned 1993-04-01
Resigned
JACKSON, Muriel Kathleen→
director · ~83y · resigned 1998-09-30
Resigned
LEWIS, Eric→
director · ~85y · resigned 1993-03-22
Resigned
MONK, Christopher→
director · ~45y · appointed 2008-01-04 · resigned 2022-07-29
Resigned
SCOTT, Alison Jayne→
director · ~58y · appointed 1998-12-17 · resigned 2002-09-03
Resigned
SCOTT, Alison Jayne→
director · ~58y · appointed 1993-04-01 · resigned 1994-03-31
Resigned
SIMMONS, Debbie→
director · ~51y · appointed 2004-09-09 · resigned 2025-03-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Abbey National PLC
Legal and general charge1 property31/10/2005—
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Recent filings (127 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-16