ADVANCED HEALTH SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05524547 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-01
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
60 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees100100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-06-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-06-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-02-06
    ➖
    BOND, Ian resigned
    director
  16. 2016-01-01
    ➕
    BOND, Ian appointed
    director
  17. 2013-11-06
    ➖
    RUDE, Darren Robert resigned
    director
  18. 2010-06-01
    ➖
    QUADRI, Akram resigned
    director
  19. 2009-01-14
    ➕
    QUADRI, Akram appointed
    director
  20. 2009-01-14
    ➕
    RUDE, Darren Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2007-09-21
    ➖
    UK CORPORATE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2005-08-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED HEALTH SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  23. 2005-08-01
    ➕
    ENGLISH, Stephen Leslie appointed
    director
  24. 2005-08-01
    ➕
    UK CORPORATE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

100/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen English
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/05/2017

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
Incorporated2005-08-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

Unit 3 Marshgate Drive
Hertford
SG13 7JY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-19
Last: 2026-06-05

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

ENGLISH, Stephen Leslie→
director · ~68y · appointed 2005-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
UK CORPORATE SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-08-01 · resigned 2007-09-21
Resigned
BOND, Ian→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2018-02-06
Resigned
QUADRI, Akram→
director · ~98y · appointed 2009-01-14 · resigned 2010-06-01
Resigned
RUDE, Darren Robert→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-01-14 · resigned 2013-11-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-08-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31