ADVANCE BUSINESS TRAINING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04399337 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-20

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-23.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Educational support services

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

56 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £23,619

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£24k

↓ 3.3% YoY

Current Assets

£194

↓ 70% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-23.6k	£-22.9k
Current assets	£194	£654
Net assets	£-23.6k	£-22.9k

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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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accounts · AA
2024-11-28
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accounts · AA
2023-12-15
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accounts · AA
2022-10-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-11-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-02-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-11-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-07
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-31
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-03-31
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2002-03-21
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BOWLER, Irene appointed
secretary
2002-03-21
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SZYRA, Helen appointed
director
2002-03-21
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ACCORD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2002-03-21
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ACCORD DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2002-03-20
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCE BUSINESS TRAINING LIMITED
2002-03-20
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ACCORD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2002-03-20
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ACCORD DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Ms Helen Szyra Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	15/03/2017

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

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7 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

Incorporated2002-03-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

191-193 High Street

Hampton Hill

Hampton

TW12 1NL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-03

Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BOWLER, Irene→

secretary · appointed 2002-03-21

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Active

SZYRA, Helen→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-03-21

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Active

ACCORD SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-03-20 · resigned 2002-03-21

Resigned

ACCORD DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2002-03-20 · resigned 2002-03-21

Resigned

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