ADVANCE PERFORMANCE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06325281 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-26
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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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
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees400400

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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  2. 2024-12-19
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  3. 2023-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-23
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    address · AD01
  7. 2021-01-10
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  8. 2020-10-08
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  9. 2020-10-08
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  10. 2020-10-08
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  11. 2019-11-21
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  12. 2018-10-10
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  13. 2017-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2016-03-21
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    CHATWOOD, Jacqueline Ann resigned
    secretary
  17. 2016-03-21
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    CHATWOOD, Jacqueline Ann resigned
    director
  18. 2011-09-30
    ➖
    CLARKSON, Simon resigned
    director
  19. 2009-05-08
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    CHATWOOD, Jacqueline Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-05-08
    ➖
    O'DONOGHUE, Andrew Thomas resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-06-30
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    O'DONOGHUE, Andrew Thomas resigned
    director
  22. 2008-04-25
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    FINNIGAN, Michael Edward resigned
    director
  23. 2008-03-01
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    CLARKSON, Simon appointed
    director
  24. 2007-07-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCE PERFORMANCE LIMITED
  25. 2007-07-26
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    WRIGHT, Heather Valerie appointed
    director
  26. 2007-07-26
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    O'DONOGHUE, Andrew Thomas appointed
    secretary
  27. 2007-07-26
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    CHATWOOD, Jacqueline Ann appointed
    director
  28. 2007-07-26
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    FINNIGAN, Michael Edward appointed
    director
  29. 2007-07-26
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    O'DONOGHUE, Andrew Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Advance Performance Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Advance Performance Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ADVANCE PERFORMANCE LIMITED
This company · 06325281

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
Advance Performance Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Ms Jacqueline Ann Chatwoodceased 07/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Heather Valerie Wrightceased 07/10/2020· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2007-07-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Ground Floor, Seneca House Links Point
Amy Johnson Way
Blackpool
Lancashire
FY4 2FF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-11
Last: 2025-10-28

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

WRIGHT, Heather Valerie→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-07-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHATWOOD, Jacqueline Ann→
secretary · appointed 2009-05-08 · resigned 2016-03-21
Resigned
O'DONOGHUE, Andrew Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-26 · resigned 2009-05-08
Resigned
CHATWOOD, Jacqueline Ann→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-07-26 · resigned 2016-03-21
Resigned
CLARKSON, Simon→
director · ~51y · appointed 2008-03-01 · resigned 2011-09-30
Resigned
FINNIGAN, Michael Edward→
director · ~67y · appointed 2007-07-26 · resigned 2008-04-25
Resigned
O'DONOGHUE, Andrew Thomas→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-07-26 · resigned 2008-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-10-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-10-08