ADVANCED ANALYSIS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03329573 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-07

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.3y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 26.3 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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

91 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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	1	1

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-04-27
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2023-08-11
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2022-11-02
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2021-09-30
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2020-06-29
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2019-09-30
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2019-02-19
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officers · CH01
2018-09-26
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2017-09-28
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2016-03-15
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accounts · AA
2015-03-30
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capital · SH08
2009-04-07
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TYRRELL, Richard James resigned
secretary
2009-04-07
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TYRRELL, Gillian Smith resigned
director
2001-02-05
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Charge satisfied #1
2000-02-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
1999-12-21
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ANDERSON, William, Professor resigned
director
1999-12-21
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CLARKE, Edwin Richards resigned
director
1999-12-21
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VLAMOPOULOS, Nicholas, Dr resigned
director
1998-01-29
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TYRRELL, Richard James appointed
secretary
1998-01-28
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ABOGADO CUSTODIANS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1997-04-11
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TYRRELL, Richard James appointed
director
1997-04-11
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ANDERSON, William, Professor appointed
director
1997-04-11
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CLARKE, Edwin Richards appointed
director
1997-04-11
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TYRRELL, Gillian Smith appointed
director
1997-04-11
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VLAMOPOULOS, Nicholas, Dr appointed
director
1997-04-11
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ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1997-03-07
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCED ANALYSIS LIMITED
1997-03-07
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ABOGADO CUSTODIANS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-03-07
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ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Richard James Tyrrell Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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8 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

Incorporated1997-03-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis

Registered office

The Courtyard

Shoreham Road Upper Beeding

Steyning

West Sussex

BN44 3TN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-11

Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

TYRRELL, Richard James→

director · ~71y · appointed 1997-04-11

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TYRRELL, Richard James→

secretary · appointed 1998-01-29 · resigned 2009-04-07

Resigned

ANDERSON, William, Professor→

director · ~91y · appointed 1997-04-11 · resigned 1999-12-21

Resigned

CLARKE, Edwin Richards→

director · ~80y · appointed 1997-04-11 · resigned 1999-12-21

Resigned

TYRRELL, Gillian Smith→

director · ~70y · appointed 1997-04-11 · resigned 2009-04-07

Resigned

VLAMOPOULOS, Nicholas, Dr→

director · ~64y · appointed 1997-04-11 · resigned 1999-12-21

Resigned

ABOGADO CUSTODIANS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-07 · resigned 1998-01-28

Resigned

ABOGADO NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-07 · resigned 1997-04-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	09/02/2000	05/02/2001