ADVANCED TELECOM SERVICES (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04325502 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 20.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
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Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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  2. 2025-12-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  3. 2025-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2024-08-22
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  5. 2023-11-23
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  6. 2022-06-14
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  7. 2021-12-08
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  8. 2020-12-14
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  9. 2019-12-03
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  10. 2018-12-28
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  11. 2017-12-22
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  12. 2016-12-14
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-15
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  14. 2015-12-30
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  15. 2015-12-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-06-01
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    BENTZ, Robert Jay resigned
    director
  17. 2013-06-01
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    DUNLAP, Bret Jonathan resigned
    director
  18. 2009-06-01
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    HEARSUM, Stephen James resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-11-14
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    WILKINS, David resigned
    director
  20. 2005-10-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 2005-09-02
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    HEARSUM, Stephen James appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-09-01
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    SCOTT, Ian Desmond Patrick resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-04-01
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    ASPLAND, Cindy Jeanette appointed
    director
  24. 2005-04-01
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    SCOTT, Ian Desmond Patrick appointed
    director
  25. 2005-04-01
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    COFFEY, Thomas James resigned
    director
  26. 2005-04-01
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    WILKINS, David appointed
    director
  27. 2003-06-12
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    JACKSON, Nigel Spencer resigned
    director
  28. 2003-06-12
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    PIROTTA, Alfred John resigned
    director
  29. 2003-06-01
    ➖
    JACKSON, Nigel Spencer resigned
    secretary
  30. 2003-06-01
    ➕
    SCOTT, Ian Desmond Patrick appointed
    secretary
  31. 2003-05-01
    ➕
    BENTZ, Robert Jay appointed
    director
  32. 2003-05-01
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    COFFEY, Thomas James appointed
    director
  33. 2003-05-01
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    DUNLAP, Bret Jonathan appointed
    director
  34. 2001-11-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED TELECOM SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
  35. 2001-11-20
    ➕
    JACKSON, Nigel Spencer appointed
    secretary
  36. 2001-11-20
    ➕
    JACKSON, Nigel Spencer appointed
    director
  37. 2001-11-20
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    PIROTTA, Alfred John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Cindy Jeanette Aspland
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Ian Desmond Patrick Scott
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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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
Incorporated2001-11-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities

Registered office

5 St John's Lane
Clerkenwell
London
EC1M 4BH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-17
Last: 2025-11-03

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

ASPLAND, Cindy Jeanette→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCOTT, Ian Desmond Patrick→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-04-01
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Active
HEARSUM, Stephen James→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-02 · resigned 2009-06-01
Resigned
JACKSON, Nigel Spencer→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-20 · resigned 2003-06-01
Resigned
SCOTT, Ian Desmond Patrick→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-01 · resigned 2005-09-01
Resigned
BENTZ, Robert Jay→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2013-06-01
Resigned
COFFEY, Thomas James→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2005-04-01
Resigned
DUNLAP, Bret Jonathan→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-05-01 · resigned 2013-06-01
Resigned
JACKSON, Nigel Spencer→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-11-20 · resigned 2003-06-12
Resigned
PIROTTA, Alfred John→
director · ~73y · appointed 2001-11-20 · resigned 2003-06-12
Resigned
WILKINS, David→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-04-01 · resigned 2008-11-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property24/10/2005—
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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-11