ADVANCE PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04596896 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-21
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 56290Other food services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 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
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £-6.6k |
| Current assets | — | £24.4k |
| Net assets | — | £-6.6k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-11-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-09-01➕CHARLES, Lisa Nichole appointeddirector
- 2020-08-01📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-08-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-07-31➖ADAMS, Lisa Nichole resigneddirector
- 2020-07-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-07-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-07-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2012-10-27➕ADAMS, Lisa Nichole appointeddirector
- 2012-10-25➕CHARLES, Lisa Nichole appointedsecretary
- 2012-10-25➖ADAMS, Mark Andrew resignedsecretary
- 2012-10-25➖ADAMS, Mark Andrew resigneddirector
- 2004-05-03➕ADAMS, Gary Christopher appointeddirector
- 2004-05-03➕ADAMS, Mark Andrew appointedsecretary
- 2004-05-03➖ACCORD SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2004-05-03➕ADAMS, Mark Andrew appointeddirector
- 2004-05-03➖ACCORD DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2002-11-21🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCE PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED
- 2002-11-21➕ACCORD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2002-11-21➕ACCORD DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Gary Christopher Adams Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest | 27/04/2025 |
Mrs Lisa Nichole Charles Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-11-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants
Registered office
The Granary Hawkesbourne Farm
Rusper Road
Horsham
RH12 4QR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
CHARLES, Lisa Nichole→
Activesecretary · appointed 2012-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ADAMS, Gary Christopher→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2004-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CHARLES, Lisa Nichole→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2020-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ADAMS, Mark Andrew→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-05-03 · resigned 2012-10-25
ACCORD SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2002-11-21 · resigned 2004-05-03
ADAMS, Lisa Nichole→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2012-10-27 · resigned 2020-07-31
ADAMS, Mark Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2004-05-03 · resigned 2012-10-25
ACCORD DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2002-11-21 · resigned 2004-05-03
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Recent filings (69 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-16
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-30