ADVANTAY LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04678329 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-26
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
£678.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.8y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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, 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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £678,266
Cash YoY
+14%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£121k
↑ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£678k
↑ 5.3% YoY
Current Assets
£990k
↑ 7.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £681.3k | £647.8k |
| Current assets | £990.2k | £924.7k |
| Cash | £121.2k | £106.3k |
| Debtors | £262.7k | £287.0k |
| Net assets | £678.3k | £643.9k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-09-10📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-09-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-09-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-09-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-19➖DEREVE, Mark Graham resignedsecretary
- 2024-08-19➖DEREVE, Mark Graham resigneddirector
- 2024-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-03-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-09-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2003-03-03➕FRANCE-DURRANT, Michael Charles appointeddirector
- 2003-03-03➕DEREVE, Mark Graham appointedsecretary
- 2003-03-03➕DEREVE, Mark Graham appointeddirector
- 2003-02-27➖HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-02-27➖HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-02-26🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANTAY LIMITED
- 2003-02-26➕HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-02-26➕HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
85/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
75/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.)
Group structure
Tumley Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Tumley Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ADVANTAY LIMITED
This company · 04678329
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tumley Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 19/08/2024 |
Mr Michael Charles France-Durrant Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Alison Clare Dereveceased 07/08/2024· 25-50% shares
- Mr Mark Graham Dereveceased 19/08/2024· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740
Registered office
Vantage House
Woodhall Business Park
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 1WH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30
Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)
FRANCE-DURRANT, Michael Charles→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2003-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DEREVE, Mark Graham→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-03-03 · resigned 2024-08-19
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-26 · resigned 2003-02-27
DEREVE, Mark Graham→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2003-03-03 · resigned 2024-08-19
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-26 · resigned 2003-02-27
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 05/09/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (73 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-09-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-09-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-09-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-21