ADVANCED CAPITAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03365879 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-06

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£878.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-life reinsurance

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 5 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

88 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £878,287

Cash YoY

-23%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£882k

↓ 23% YoY

Net Worth

£878k

↑ 7.7% YoY

Current Assets

£906k

↓ 25% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£878.3k	£815.2k
Current assets	£906.2k	£1.20M
Cash	£882.3k	£1.15M
Debtors	£23.9k	£55.1k
Net assets	£878.3k	£815.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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2025-07-14
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2024-08-02
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2023-08-02
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2022-08-24
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2021-09-07
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2020-09-08
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2019-09-18
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2018-09-19
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accounts · AA
2017-09-13
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accounts · AA
2016-10-27
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auditors · AUD
2016-10-25
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accounts · AAMD
2016-09-30
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accounts · AA
2016-05-11
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-09
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accounts · AA
2007-07-23
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MARTIN, Susan Linda appointed
secretary
2007-07-23
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HUNT, Gerald Peter resigned
secretary
2007-07-23
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HUNT, Gerald Peter resigned
director
2007-03-07
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MARTIN, Susan Linda appointed
director
2002-07-16
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HUNT, Gerald Peter appointed
secretary
2002-07-16
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LAIDLAW, Robert Wilson resigned
secretary
2002-07-16
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HUNT, Gerald Peter appointed
director
2002-07-16
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LAIDLAW, Robert Wilson resigned
director
2002-07-16
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STETZEL, Keith Raymond resigned
director
1997-05-19
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JONES, Robert David appointed
director
1997-05-19
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LAIDLAW, Robert Wilson appointed
secretary
1997-05-19
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-05-19
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LAIDLAW, Robert Wilson appointed
director
1997-05-19
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STETZEL, Keith Raymond appointed
director
1997-05-19
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1997-05-06
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCED CAPITAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
1997-05-06
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-05-06
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
Mr Robert David Jones Individual · British · DOB 03/1953 · age 73	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	06/05/2016

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

Incorporated1997-05-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC65202 — Non-life reinsurance

Registered office

The Firs

42a Danson Road

Bexleyheath

Kent

DA6 8HB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-09

Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

MARTIN, Susan Linda→

secretary · appointed 2007-07-23

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Active

JONES, Robert David→

director · ~73y · appointed 1997-05-19

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Active

MARTIN, Susan Linda→

director · ~73y · appointed 2007-03-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HUNT, Gerald Peter→

secretary · appointed 2002-07-16 · resigned 2007-07-23

Resigned

LAIDLAW, Robert Wilson→

secretary · appointed 1997-05-19 · resigned 2002-07-16

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-06 · resigned 1997-05-19

Resigned

HUNT, Gerald Peter→

director · ~81y · appointed 2002-07-16 · resigned 2007-07-23

Resigned

LAIDLAW, Robert Wilson→

director · ~80y · appointed 1997-05-19 · resigned 2002-07-16

Resigned

STETZEL, Keith Raymond→

director · ~81y · appointed 1997-05-19 · resigned 2002-07-16

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-05-06 · resigned 1997-05-19

Resigned

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