ADVANCED PEOPLE STRATEGIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05186498 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-22
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£3.13M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
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
58 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,130,943
Cash YoY
+21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.6m
↑ 21% YoY
Net Worth
£3.1m
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£3.6m
↑ 15% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£717k£1.4m£2.2m£2.9m£3.6mAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£3.14M£2.80M
Current assets£3.59M£3.11M
Cash£2.59M£2.15M
Debtors£974.7k£956.3k
Net assets£3.13M£2.80M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-06
    ➕
    HUMPHREYS, Jennifer Helen appointed
    director
  4. 2025-03-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-07-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2019-07-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-07-22
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-04-18
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-05-30
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2004-07-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED PEOPLE STRATEGIES LIMITED
  19. 2004-07-22
    ➕
    HUMPHREYS, Jennifer Helen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-07-22
    ➕
    HUMPHREYS, Christopher Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Paul Humphreys
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Jennifer Helen Humphreys
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-07-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Beech Tree House Sopwith Way
Drayton Fields Industrial Estate
Daventry
Northamptonshire
NN11 8PB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HUMPHREYS, Jennifer Helen→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-22
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Active
HUMPHREYS, Christopher Paul→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-07-22
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Active
HUMPHREYS, Jennifer Helen→
director · ~58y · appointed 2025-03-06
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Active

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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-23