ADVENT MOTORSPORT LIMITED

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03031468 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-09
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 18.1y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£322k-£238k-£155k-£71k£13k£96kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£28.9k
Current assets—£96.5k
Net assets—£-322.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-11-06
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-10-23
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    MEGGITT, David Keith resigned
    secretary
  5. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-04-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-04-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Breckland District Council
  18. 2007-03-12
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    CRIGHTON, Timothy Stuart resigned
    secretary
  19. 2007-03-12
    ➕
    MEGGITT, David Keith appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    CRIGHTON, Timothy Stuart appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-05-01
    ➖
    FIELDWICK, Moira Jacqueline resigned
    secretary
  22. 2003-05-01
    ➖
    CRIGHTON, Timothy Stuart resigned
    director
  23. 2003-02-01
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    CRIGHTON, Timothy Stuart appointed
    director
  24. 1997-10-31
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    FIELDWICK, Moira Jacqueline resigned
    director
  25. 1996-06-06
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    CRIGHTON, Andrew Ian Stuart appointed
    director
  26. 1996-06-06
    ➖
    WHEATLAND, Alan resigned
    director
  27. 1995-03-24
    ➕
    FIELDWICK, Moira Jacqueline appointed
    secretary
  28. 1995-03-24
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1995-03-24
    ➕
    FIELDWICK, Moira Jacqueline appointed
    director
  30. 1995-03-24
    ➕
    WHEATLAND, Alan appointed
    director
  31. 1995-03-24
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1995-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVENT MOTORSPORT LIMITED
  33. 1995-03-09
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1995-03-09
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Ian Crighton
Individual · English · DOB 09/1954 · age 72
75–100%
—75-100% shares08/03/2017

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
Incorporated1995-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

13 Wilcot
Pewsey
Wiltshire
SN9 5NN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)

CRIGHTON, Andrew Ian Stuart→
director · ~72y · appointed 1996-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRIGHTON, Timothy Stuart→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2007-03-12
Resigned
FIELDWICK, Moira Jacqueline→
secretary · appointed 1995-03-24 · resigned 2003-05-01
Resigned
MEGGITT, David Keith→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-12 · resigned 2025-10-23
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-03-09 · resigned 1995-03-24
Resigned
CRIGHTON, Timothy Stuart→
director · ~43y · appointed 2003-02-01 · resigned 2003-05-01
Resigned
FIELDWICK, Moira Jacqueline→
director · ~68y · appointed 1995-03-24 · resigned 1997-10-31
Resigned
WHEATLAND, Alan→
director · ~59y · appointed 1995-03-24 · resigned 1996-06-06
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-03-09 · resigned 1995-03-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Breckland District Council
Tenancy agreement1 property23/04/2008—
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Recent filings (88 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-30