ADVANTAGE MEETINGS AND EVENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05439081 · ltd · incorporated 2005-04-28
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
12 officers (1 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees100100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-06
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  8. 2021-03-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  9. 2021-03-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-03-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-03-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-02-17
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    QUARTERMAINE, Ian Ramsay resigned
    director
  13. 2021-02-17
    ➖
    WINTERBURN, Andrew John resigned
    director
  14. 2020-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-01-24
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    ARMORGIE, Neil Bruce resigned
    director
  16. 2020-01-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2020-01-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2019-11-20
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  19. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-04-01
    ➖
    WEBBER, Keith Alan resigned
    director
  21. 2018-10-31
    ➖
    MOSER, Nicholas George resigned
    director
  22. 2018-10-31
    ➕
    WEBBER, Keith Alan appointed
    director
  23. 2018-09-13
    ➕
    SAID, Giulia Maria appointed
    director
  24. 2018-09-13
    ➕
    ARMORGIE, Neil Bruce appointed
    director
  25. 2018-09-13
    ➕
    QUARTERMAINE, Ian Ramsay appointed
    director
  26. 2018-09-13
    ➕
    WINTERBURN, Andrew John appointed
    director
  27. 2017-02-28
    ➕
    MOSER, Nicholas George appointed
    director
  28. 2017-02-28
    ➖
    O'NEILL, Colin Shaun resigned
    director
  29. 2015-02-18
    ➖
    DANIELS, Gina Margaret resigned
    secretary
  30. 2013-04-30
    ➖
    MCEWAN, John Albert resigned
    director
  31. 2013-04-30
    ➕
    O'NEILL, Colin Shaun appointed
    director
  32. 2007-03-30
    ➕
    DANIELS, Gina Margaret appointed
    secretary
  33. 2007-03-30
    ➖
    SUTTON, Rosemary Ann resigned
    secretary
  34. 2005-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANTAGE MEETINGS AND EVENTS LIMITED
  35. 2005-04-28
    ➕
    SUTTON, Rosemary Ann appointed
    secretary
  36. 2005-04-28
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2005-04-28
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  38. 2005-04-28
    ➕
    MCEWAN, John Albert appointed
    director
  39. 2005-04-28
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  40. 2005-04-28
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Advantage Travel Centres Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Advantage Travel Centres Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ADVANTAGE MEETINGS AND EVENTS LIMITED
This company · 05439081

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Advantage Travel Centres Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • An Iq World Limitedceased 17/02/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Nicholas George Moserceased 31/10/2018· 75-100% voting

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.

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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
Incorporated2005-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

C/O Burnetts, Victoria House Wavell Drive
Rosehill
Carlisle
CA1 2ST
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (1 active · 11 resigned)

SAID, Giulia Maria→
director · ~56y · appointed 2018-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DANIELS, Gina Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2007-03-30 · resigned 2015-02-18
Resigned
SUTTON, Rosemary Ann→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-28 · resigned 2007-03-30
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-04-28 · resigned 2005-04-28
Resigned
ARMORGIE, Neil Bruce→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-09-13 · resigned 2020-01-24
Resigned
MCEWAN, John Albert→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-04-28 · resigned 2013-04-30
Resigned
MOSER, Nicholas George→
director · ~68y · appointed 2017-02-28 · resigned 2018-10-31
Resigned
O'NEILL, Colin Shaun→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-04-30 · resigned 2017-02-28
Resigned
QUARTERMAINE, Ian Ramsay→
director · ~69y · appointed 2018-09-13 · resigned 2021-02-17
Resigned
WEBBER, Keith Alan→
director · ~52y · appointed 2018-10-31 · resigned 2019-04-01
Resigned
WINTERBURN, Andrew John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-09-13 · resigned 2021-02-17
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-04-28 · resigned 2005-04-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-15
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-04-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-03-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-26