ADVANCED ANIMAL HEALTH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05391118 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-14
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-157.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01629
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
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 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
57 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £157,331

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£157k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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-£157k-£157k-£157k-£157k-£157k-£157kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-157.3k£-156.5k
Debtors£68.3k£68.3k
Net assets£-157.3k£-156.5k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2023-12-19
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  4. 2023-03-23
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  5. 2021-12-23
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  6. 2021-03-30
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  7. 2019-12-20
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  8. 2018-12-20
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  9. 2017-12-22
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  10. 2016-12-23
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  11. 2016-03-23
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  12. 2015-12-29
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  13. 2015-04-10
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  14. 2014-12-23
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  15. 2014-03-20
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  16. 2012-07-27
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    GARNHAM, Natalie resigned
    secretary
  17. 2011-12-20
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    COLLEY, Michael John resigned
    director
  18. 2011-06-30
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    SKIPPER, Nicholas James appointed
    director
  19. 2011-06-30
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    BROOMFIELD, Derrick Charles resigned
    director
  20. 2011-06-30
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    COLLEY, Michael John appointed
    director
  21. 2006-11-01
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    ALLEN, Gary Keith resigned
    director
  22. 2005-07-14
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    BROOMFIELD, Derrick Charles appointed
    director
  23. 2005-05-05
    ➕
    ALLEN, Gary Keith appointed
    director
  24. 2005-03-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED ANIMAL HEALTH LIMITED
  25. 2005-03-14
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    BROMLEY, Martyn Thomas appointed
    director
  26. 2005-03-14
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    GARNHAM, Natalie appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

83/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 77 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martyn Thomas Bromley
Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Michael John Colley
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Nick James Skipper
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-03-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01629 — SIC 01629

Registered office

Highlands House
4c Stephenson Way
Thetford
Norfolk
IP24 3RH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-13
Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BROMLEY, Martyn Thomas→
director · ~77y · appointed 2005-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKIPPER, Nicholas James→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GARNHAM, Natalie→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-14 · resigned 2012-07-27
Resigned
ALLEN, Gary Keith→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-05-05 · resigned 2006-11-01
Resigned
BROOMFIELD, Derrick Charles→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-07-14 · resigned 2011-06-30
Resigned
COLLEY, Michael John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-06-30 · resigned 2011-12-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2025-12-23
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2025-12-11
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2025-01-28
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2024-12-20
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2023-12-19
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2023-12-06
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2023-03-23
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2022-11-29
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2021-12-23
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2021-12-07
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2021-03-30
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2021-02-05
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2019-12-20
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2019-12-10
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accounts · AA
2018-12-20