ADVANCED DATA DESIGN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04915050 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-29
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£12.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £12,343

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£12k
↑ 3.4% YoY
Current Assets
£106k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£21k£42k£64k£85k£106kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£84.9k£108.1k
Current assets£106.1k£78.2k
Net assets£12.3k£11.9k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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  2. 2024-06-27
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  3. 2023-06-29
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  4. 2022-06-23
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  5. 2021-09-22
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  6. 2021-06-30
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  7. 2020-09-28
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  8. 2019-06-27
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  9. 2018-06-29
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  10. 2017-06-21
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  11. 2017-02-13
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    address · AD01
  12. 2016-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-20
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    ALTHOFF, Ylva Anna Kristina appointed
    secretary
  14. 2016-01-20
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    officers · AP03
  15. 2016-01-20
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    officers · TM02
  16. 2016-01-19
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    COWLING, Alan Roger resigned
    secretary
  17. 2015-10-19
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  18. 2009-10-22
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    COWLING, Alan Roger appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-10-22
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    MITCHELL, Geoffrey resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-09-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED DATA DESIGN LIMITED
  21. 2003-09-29
    ➕
    WOOLLEY, Ian appointed
    director
  22. 2003-09-29
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Geoffrey appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-09-29
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    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-09-29
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    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-09-29
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    ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-09-29
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    ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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

clean
No 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Woolley
Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57
50–75%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Ms Ylva Anna Kristina Althoff
Individual · British · DOB 05/1978 · age 48
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-09-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

12 Tentercroft Street
Lincoln
LN5 7DB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

ALTHOFF, Ylva Anna Kristina→
secretary · appointed 2016-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOLLEY, Ian→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-09-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWLING, Alan Roger→
secretary · appointed 2009-10-22 · resigned 2016-01-19
Resigned
MITCHELL, Geoffrey→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-29 · resigned 2009-10-22
Resigned
ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-29 · resigned 2003-09-29
Resigned
ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-29 · resigned 2003-09-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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2025-09-17
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2025-06-30
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2024-09-19
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2024-06-27
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2023-10-02
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accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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2022-09-30
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accounts · AA
2022-06-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-27