ADVANEX EUROPE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02301464 · ltd · incorporated 1988-09-30

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 30.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25930

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 30.2y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 30.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

28 officers (8 active, 28 linked, 23 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

144 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand

2025-08-28
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2025-08-26
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2025-08-25
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NAKAGAKI, Osamu resigned
director
2025-05-29
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officers · CH01
2025-05-29
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officers · CH03
2025-04-30
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officers · AP01
2024-08-18
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accounts · AA
2024-08-01
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NAKAGAKI, Osamu appointed
director
2023-12-18
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officers · TM01
2023-12-15
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OGUSHI, Takafumi resigned
director
2023-11-16
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accounts · AA
2023-08-22
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officers · AP01
2023-08-22
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officers · TM01
2023-08-01
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ASADA, Eitaro appointed
director
2023-08-01
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SHIMAMURA, Noboru resigned
director
2022-12-19
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OGUSHI, Takafumi appointed
director
2022-12-19
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officers · AP01
2022-11-15
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2022-11-14
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OGUSHI, Takafumi resigned
director
2022-10-11
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accounts · AA
2022-08-02
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2022-08-01
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OGUSHI, Takafumi appointed
director
2021-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-08-02
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officers · AP01
2021-08-02
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2021-08-01
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SUZUKI, Takashi appointed
director
2021-08-01
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YOSHIHARA, Tetsuya appointed
director
2020-12-29
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accounts · AA
2020-10-02
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2020-10-01
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SHIBANO, Tsuneo resigned
director
2020-06-22
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KATO, Seiya appointed
director
2020-06-22
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OHNO, Toshiya resigned
director
2020-06-22
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SHIMAMURA, Noboru appointed
director
2020-05-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2019-01-11
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JENKINSON, John Charles resigned
director
2018-07-23
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KATO, Yuichi resigned
director
2018-05-01
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FRANCE, Adrian appointed
director
2017-04-06
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CLIFFORD, Paul Richard Maffert resigned
director
2017-04-06
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GREEN, Christopher John resigned
director
2017-04-03
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MULLINGS, Marian appointed
director
2017-04-03
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JENKINSON, John Charles appointed
director
2016-04-01
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BEARDSMORE, Ian appointed
director
2014-05-31
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MULLINGS, Marian appointed
secretary
2014-05-31
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HARDY, Nicola Ruth resigned
secretary
2014-05-31
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BLATHERWICK, David Albert resigned
director
2014-05-31
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HALLAM, Richard John resigned
director
2014-04-01
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OHNO, Toshiya appointed
director
2014-04-01
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SHIBANO, Tsuneo appointed
director
2014-03-31
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HIROTA, Masaho resigned
director
2010-10-08
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BLATHERWICK, David Albert appointed
director

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Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Advanex Group Inc is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Advanex Group Inc

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ADVANEX EUROPE LIMITED

This company · 02301464

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
Advanex Group Inc Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	06/04/2017

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

Incorporated1988-09-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25930 — SIC 25930

Registered office

Mill Park Way

Off Station Road

Southwell

Nottinghamshire

NG25 0ET

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-29

Last: 2026-05-15