ADVANCED NUTRITION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

02298255 · ltd · incorporated 1988-09-20

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10890

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.1y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 30.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (2 active, 17 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

124 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2026-03-23
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2025-09-01
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2024-09-24
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2023-09-28
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2022-09-30
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2021-09-28
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2020-12-21
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2019-09-30
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accounts · AA
2018-09-28
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2017-09-28
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accounts · AA
2017-03-07
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address · AD02
2016-09-30
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accounts · AA
2016-05-03
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officers · CH01
2016-05-03
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officers · CH03
2016-03-15
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annual-return · AR01
2014-09-23
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CALCIOLI, Elizabeth Diane appointed
secretary
2014-09-23
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BIRD, Stephen Maurice resigned
secretary
2009-11-19
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BIRD, Stephen Maurice appointed
secretary
2009-11-17
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WEAR, Susan Mary resigned
secretary
2009-11-17
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WEAR, Susan Mary resigned
director
2009-10-29
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WINDLE, Kathleen Mary resigned
director
2009-03-07
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CALCIOLI, Mauro appointed
director
2009-03-07
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GAIMAN, David Bernard resigned
director
2007-12-18
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GAIMAN, David Bernard appointed
director
2007-03-16
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FIELDEN, Dee Joyce resigned
secretary
2007-03-16
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WEAR, Susan Mary appointed
secretary
2007-01-19
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STEPHENS, Jeremy resigned
director
2004-04-23
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WEAR, Susan Mary appointed
director
2004-04-23
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WINDLE, Kathleen Mary appointed
director
2004-04-21
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NEILSON, Peter Nigel, Mr. resigned
director
2004-04-21
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STEPHENS, Jeremy appointed
director
2003-11-08
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FIELDEN, Dee Joyce appointed
secretary
2003-04-17
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LUNN, Denis Christopher Carter resigned
secretary
2002-03-19
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CREBER, Ian Broughton resigned
secretary
2002-03-19
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LUNN, Denis Christopher Carter appointed
secretary
2002-03-19
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WREN, Eileen resigned
secretary
2001-10-03
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ERDMANN, Betty Marie resigned
director
2001-10-03
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ERDMANN, Robert Lewis, Dr resigned
director
2001-07-17
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CREBER, Ian Broughton appointed
secretary
2001-07-17
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NEILSON, Peter Nigel, Mr. appointed
director
2000-11-02
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RUSSELL, Justine resigned
secretary
2000-11-02
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WREN, Eileen appointed
secretary
1996-04-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1996-03-01
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ERDMANN, Betty Marie resigned
secretary
1996-03-01
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RUSSELL, Justine appointed
secretary
1988-09-20
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCED NUTRITION LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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.)

Group structure

G&G Food Supplies Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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G&G Food Supplies Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ADVANCED NUTRITION LIMITED

This company · 02298255

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
G&G Food Supplies Ltd Corporate entity	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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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1988-09-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

Yew Tree House

Lewes Road

Forest Row

East Sussex

RH18 5AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (2 active · 15 resigned)

CALCIOLI, Elizabeth Diane→

secretary · appointed 2014-09-23

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Active

CALCIOLI, Mauro→

director · ~64y · appointed 2009-03-07

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Active

BIRD, Stephen Maurice→

secretary · appointed 2009-11-19 · resigned 2014-09-23

Resigned

CREBER, Ian Broughton→

secretary · appointed 2001-07-17 · resigned 2002-03-19

Resigned

ERDMANN, Betty Marie→

secretary · resigned 1996-03-01

Resigned

FIELDEN, Dee Joyce→

secretary · appointed 2003-11-08 · resigned 2007-03-16

Resigned

LUNN, Denis Christopher Carter→

secretary · appointed 2002-03-19 · resigned 2003-04-17

Resigned

RUSSELL, Justine→

secretary · appointed 1996-03-01 · resigned 2000-11-02

Resigned

WEAR, Susan Mary→

secretary · appointed 2007-03-16 · resigned 2009-11-17

Resigned

WREN, Eileen→

secretary · appointed 2000-11-02 · resigned 2002-03-19

Resigned

ERDMANN, Betty Marie→

director · ~97y · resigned 2001-10-03

Resigned

ERDMANN, Robert Lewis, Dr→

director · ~98y · resigned 2001-10-03

Resigned

GAIMAN, David Bernard→

director · ~93y · appointed 2007-12-18 · resigned 2009-03-07

Resigned

NEILSON, Peter Nigel, Mr.→

director · ~68y · appointed 2001-07-17 · resigned 2004-04-21

Resigned

STEPHENS, Jeremy→

director · ~66y · appointed 2004-04-21 · resigned 2007-01-19

Resigned

WEAR, Susan Mary→

director · ~71y · appointed 2004-04-23 · resigned 2009-11-17

Resigned

WINDLE, Kathleen Mary→

director · ~81y · appointed 2004-04-23 · resigned 2009-10-29

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC	Fixed and floating charge	1 property	26/04/1996	—

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