ADVANCE FOAM PRODUCTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01907775 · ltd · incorporated 1985-04-23
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£117.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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, 1 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
90 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £117,436
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£117k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£118k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £117.4k | £117.4k |
| Current assets | £117.7k | £117.7k |
| Net assets | £117.4k | £117.4k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-02📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-03-19📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2018-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 1985-04-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCE FOAM PRODUCTS LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 78 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
William Abernathy Individual · British · DOB 08/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Christopher William Thomas Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
62 Buntingbridge Road
Ilford
IG2 7LR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
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Recent filings (90 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-29
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2019-04-02