ADVANCED BONDING SOLUTIONS LTD
🌳Matureactive
02229086 · ltd · incorporated 1988-03-10
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 35.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-173
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 35.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 35.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
105 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £173
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£173
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1
↓ 100% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-173 | £-173 |
| Current assets | £1 | £789 |
| Net assets | £-173 | £-173 |
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.
See pricing →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 (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-09➕GADNEY, Lorraine Patricia appointeddirector
- 2025-09-09➖SHILTON, Jacqueline Edith resigneddirector
- 2025-09-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-09-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-10-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-10-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-15📄legacymiscellaneous · RP04CS01
- 2016-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2008-04-01➖GREEN, Robert Charles resigneddirector
- 2008-04-01➕SHILTON, Jacqueline Edith appointeddirector
- 2005-08-04➕GRANTHAM, Christopher Michael appointedsecretary
- 2005-08-04➖GRANTHAM, Enid Rose resignedsecretary
- 2005-08-04➖GRANTHAM, Enid Rose resigneddirector
- 1990-11-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1988-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCED BONDING SOLUTIONS LTD
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
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
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.
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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Christopher Michael Grantham Individual · British · DOB 03/1948 · age 78 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
6 Lichfield Street
Burton-On-Trent
Staffordshire
DE14 3RD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
GRANTHAM, Christopher Michael→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GADNEY, Lorraine Patricia→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2025-09-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANTHAM, Enid Rose→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2005-08-04
GRANTHAM, Enid Rose→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 2005-08-04
GREEN, Robert Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · resigned 2008-04-01
SHILTON, Jacqueline Edith→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2008-04-01 · resigned 2025-09-09
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 28/11/1990 | 03/10/2024 |
Recent filings (105 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-09
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30