ADVANCED CONSULTING SERVICE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05192279 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-29

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£-570.3k

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

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £570,285

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£40k

Net Worth

-£570k

Current Assets

£3.7m

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£4.60M	—
Current assets	£3.67M	—
Cash	£39.8k	—
Debtors	£3.63M	—
Net assets	£-570.3k	—
Average employees	—	400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand

2026-05-20
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officers · TM01
2026-05-18
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SAAB, Ramzi resigned
director
2026-04-28
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accounts · AA
2025-12-19
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officers · AP01
2025-12-13
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officers · AP02
2025-09-01
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MELQART CAPITAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2025-09-01
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SAAB, Ramzi appointed
director
2025-04-29
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accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
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accounts · AA
2022-06-27
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officers · AP03
2022-06-27
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officers · TM02
2022-06-23
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COOPER, Chelsea Louise appointed
secretary
2022-06-23
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KHULPATEEA, Shyam resigned
secretary
2022-04-26
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accounts · AA
2021-04-30
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accounts · AA
2020-04-02
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2018-11-26
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2018-04-23
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accounts · AA
2017-04-21
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accounts · AA
2017-04-12
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accounts · AAMD
2016-06-08
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KHULPATEEA, Shyam appointed
secretary
2016-06-08
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SMITH, Jane resigned
secretary
2016-01-25
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BRAMLEY, Julie Carolyn resigned
secretary
2016-01-25
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SMITH, Jane appointed
secretary
2015-08-27
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BRAMLEY, Julie Carolyn appointed
secretary
2015-08-26
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ALLEN, Stephen Patrick resigned
secretary
2015-06-22
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ALLEN, Stephen Patrick appointed
secretary
2015-06-22
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BRAMLEY, Julie resigned
secretary
2010-07-29
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ARSHAD, Waqas resigned
secretary
2010-07-29
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BRAMLEY, Julie appointed
secretary
2004-07-29
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCED CONSULTING SERVICE LIMITED
2004-07-29
➕
SAAB, Samir appointed
director
2004-07-29
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ARSHAD, Waqas appointed
secretary
2004-07-29
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INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-07-29
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INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

98/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Samir Saab Individual · British · DOB 02/1948 · age 78	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	29/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-07-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

C/O Thistle Hill Hall

Debdale Lane

Mansfield Woodhouse

Nottinghamshire

NG19 7EZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-12

Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

COOPER, Chelsea Louise→

secretary · appointed 2022-06-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SAAB, Samir→

director · ~78y · appointed 2004-07-29

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MELQART CAPITAL LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2025-09-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ALLEN, Stephen Patrick→

secretary · appointed 2015-06-22 · resigned 2015-08-26

Resigned

ARSHAD, Waqas→

secretary · appointed 2004-07-29 · resigned 2010-07-29

Resigned

BRAMLEY, Julie Carolyn→

secretary · appointed 2015-08-27 · resigned 2016-01-25

Resigned

BRAMLEY, Julie→

secretary · appointed 2010-07-29 · resigned 2015-06-22

Resigned

KHULPATEEA, Shyam→

secretary · appointed 2016-06-08 · resigned 2022-06-23

Resigned

SMITH, Jane→

secretary · appointed 2016-01-25 · resigned 2016-06-08

Resigned

INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-29 · resigned 2004-07-29

Resigned

SAAB, Ramzi→

director · ~45y · appointed 2025-09-01 · resigned 2026-05-18

Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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2026-04-28

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officers · AP01

2025-12-19

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officers · AP02

2025-12-13

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2025-07-29

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accounts · AA

2025-04-29

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2024-08-02

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accounts · AA

2023-12-14

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-04

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accounts · AA

2023-04-25

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-29

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officers · AP03

2022-06-27

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officers · TM02

2022-06-27

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accounts · AA

2022-04-26

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-07-30