ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT GROUP

🌳Matureactive

04580873 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2002-11-04

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 23.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2023

Net worth

£1.19M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 23.2y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 23.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

22 officers (10 active, 22 linked, 20 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,185,018

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.0m

Net Worth

£1.2m

Current Assets

£1.1m

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2023-12-31
Total assets	£1.67M
Current assets	£1.13M
Cash	£1.03M
Debtors	£93.4k
Net assets	£1.19M

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand

2026-01-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-10
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CARLEY, Simon David, Professor appointed
director
2025-01-17
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FORTUNE, Peter-Marc, Dr resigned
director
2025-01-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-01
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MACKWAY-JONES, Kevin Charles resigned
director
2024-09-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-12
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GLEESON, Anthony Hugh appointed
director
2023-10-12
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SMITH, Stephanie appointed
director
2023-10-12
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DRISCOLL, Peter Anthony resigned
director
2023-10-12
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SAMUELS, Martin Philip, Dr resigned
director
2023-10-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-06
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GRUNDY, Jessica Sarah, Dr appointed
director
2023-07-06
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LONGMAN, Michael Guy appointed
director
2023-01-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-06
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VALLIS, Christopher John, Dr resigned
director
2022-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-07
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PHILLIPS, Barbara, Dr resigned
director
2022-07-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-05
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-28
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HINSHAW, Kim resigned
director
2022-01-01
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KAY, Sinead appointed
secretary
2021-12-31
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WIETESKA, Susan resigned
secretary
2021-12-02
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DICKIE, Sarah appointed
director
2021-12-02
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EDWARDS, Martin Oliver, Dr appointed
director
2018-09-20
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WARDLE, Terence David, Prof resigned
director
2012-01-19
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DRISCOLL, Peter Anthony appointed
director
2011-11-17
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FORTUNE, Peter-Marc, Dr appointed
director
2011-11-17
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SAMUELS, Martin Philip, Dr appointed
director
2011-11-17
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VALLIS, Christopher John, Dr appointed
director
2011-10-03
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DRISCOLL, Peter resigned
director
2011-10-03
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LEIGH, John, Dr resigned
director
2009-10-05
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DOYLE, Kathleen Margaret appointed
director
2008-07-04
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GWINNUTT, Carl Leonard, Dr resigned
director
2008-01-30
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CHARTERS, Alan Francis, Dr appointed
director
2008-01-30
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LEIGH, John, Dr appointed
director
2003-04-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2003-04-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

Showing most recent 50 of 58 events

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption

Incorporated2002-11-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

29-31 Ellesmere Street

Swinton

Manchester

Greater Manchester

M27 0LA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-06

Last: 2025-10-23