ADVANCE COMMUNICATIONS UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06243766 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-10

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

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£389.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other telecommunications activities

Sector: Information & communication

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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £389,299

Cash YoY

+30%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£382k

↑ 30% YoY

Net Worth

£389k

↑ 30% YoY

Current Assets

£387k

↑ 29% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£389.3k	£299.5k
Current assets	£386.9k	£300.0k
Cash	£382.4k	£294.7k
Debtors	£4.5k	£5.2k
Net assets	£389.3k	£298.6k

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

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2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2026-01-21
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accounts · AA
2024-10-24
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accounts · AA
2024-01-29
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accounts · AA
2023-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
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accounts · AA
2021-03-09
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address · AD01
2021-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-15
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officers · CH01
2020-02-27
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accounts · AA
2019-03-05
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accounts · AA
2018-05-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-11-29
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accounts · AA
2017-02-16
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accounts · AA
2007-06-12
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YATES, Stephen Paul appointed
director
2007-05-10
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCE COMMUNICATIONS UK LIMITED
2007-05-10
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DAVIES, Paul Howard appointed
secretary
2007-05-10
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DAVIES, Andrew Simon appointed
director

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Nadine Davies Individual · British · DOB 02/1973 · age 53	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/08/2016
Mr Andrew Simon Davies Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-05-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC61900 — Other telecommunications activities

Registered office

The Maltings

East Tyndall Street

Cardiff

CF24 5EA

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-02

Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIES, Paul Howard→

secretary · appointed 2007-05-10

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DAVIES, Andrew Simon→

director · ~55y · appointed 2007-05-10

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YATES, Stephen Paul→

director · ~65y · appointed 2007-06-12

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