ADVANCED TRAINING & COACHING SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04400363 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (68/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees0

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2021-03-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-12-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2019-03-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2002-04-01
    ➕
    DENMAN, Eleanor Geraldine appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-04-01
    ➕
    DENMAN, Roger appointed
    director
  20. 2002-04-01
    ➖
    RESULTS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2002-04-01
    ➖
    RESULTS INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2002-03-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED TRAINING & COACHING SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 2002-03-21
    ➕
    RESULTS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2002-03-21
    ➕
    RESULTS INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roger Denman
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-03-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

Kemp House
160 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DENMAN, Eleanor Geraldine→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DENMAN, Roger→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RESULTS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-03-21 · resigned 2002-04-01
Resigned
RESULTS INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-03-21 · resigned 2002-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-12-22