ADVANCE EUROPEAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03063725 · ltd · incorporated 1995-06-01

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 30.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 30.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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 (8 active, 17 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

106 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	200	200

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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (49 events)Click to expand

2025-08-08
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2025-08-07
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2025-07-31
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officers · AP01
2025-07-31
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2025-07-31
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2025-07-31
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officers · AP01
2025-07-31
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2025-07-31
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2025-07-31
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officers · AP01
2025-07-31
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officers · AP01
2025-07-31
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officers · TM01
2025-07-31
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officers · TM01
2025-07-31
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address · AD01
2025-07-09
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BRYANT, Joseph John appointed
director
2025-07-09
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HERRING, Jason appointed
director
2025-07-09
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HORTON, Stephen Andrew appointed
director
2025-07-09
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KING, Stephen Michael appointed
director
2025-07-09
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LOGAN, Robert Gordon appointed
director
2025-07-09
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MANLEY, Jacob Issac appointed
director
2025-07-09
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SMITH, Lee Aaron appointed
director
2025-07-09
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WICKINGS, Brian James appointed
director
2025-07-09
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WARD, Kenneth resigned
director
2025-07-09
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WARD, Susan Marie resigned
director
2025-07-08
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2025-07-08
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2025-07-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-14
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accounts · AA
2024-07-10
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accounts · AA
2023-07-21
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accounts · AA
2015-06-10
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WARD, Susan Marie resigned
secretary
2001-02-22
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HARDWICK, Sylvia May resigned
secretary
2001-02-22
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WARD, Susan Marie appointed
secretary
2001-02-22
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HARDWICK, Barry Thomas resigned
director
2001-02-22
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HARDWICK, Sylvia May resigned
director
2001-02-22
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WARD, Kenneth appointed
director
1996-11-01
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WARD, Susan Marie appointed
director
1995-07-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1995-06-01
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCE EUROPEAN LIMITED
1995-06-01
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CONNOLLY, Paul Michael appointed
secretary
1995-06-01
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CONNOLLY, Paul Michael resigned
secretary
1995-06-01
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HARDWICK, Sylvia May appointed
secretary
1995-06-01
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CONNOLLY, Paul Michael appointed
director
1995-06-01
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CONNOLLY, Paul Michael resigned
director
1995-06-01
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HARDWICK, Barry Thomas appointed
director
1995-06-01
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HARDWICK, Sylvia May appointed
director
1995-06-01
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NICHOLS, Howard James appointed
director
1995-06-01
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NICHOLS, Howard James resigned
director

Owner dependency

40/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: WARD, Kenneth resigned 2025-07-09; WARD, Susan Marie resigned 2025-07-09

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Michael King Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	09/07/2025

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Kenneth Wardceased 09/07/2025· 75-100% shares
Susan Marie Wardceased 25/06/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1995-06-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

4 Menzies Road

Whitfield

Dover

CT16 2HQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-08

Last: 2025-09-24