ADVANCE PERFORMANCE GROUP LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06380208 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-24

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-12-19
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accounts · AA
2023-11-28
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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accounts · AA
2021-12-02
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officers · CH01
2021-12-02
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address · AD01
2021-01-10
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accounts · AA
2019-11-21
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accounts · AA
2018-10-10
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accounts · AA
2017-09-28
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accounts · AA
2016-12-20
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accounts · AA
2016-07-12
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address · AD01
2016-03-30
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officers · TM02
2016-03-21
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CHATWOOD, Jacqueline resigned
secretary
2016-03-21
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CHATWOOD, Jacqueline Ann resigned
director
2012-09-21
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CHATWOOD, Jacqueline appointed
secretary
2012-09-21
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O'DONOGHUE, Andrew Thomas resigned
secretary
2012-09-21
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O'DONOGHUE, Andrew Thomas resigned
director
2011-09-30
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CLARKSON, Simon resigned
director
2009-05-08
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CLARKSON, Simon appointed
director
2008-04-25
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FINNIGAN, Michael Edward resigned
director
2007-09-24
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCE PERFORMANCE GROUP LIMITED
2007-09-24
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WRIGHT, Heather Valerie appointed
director
2007-09-24
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O'DONOGHUE, Andrew Thomas appointed
secretary
2007-09-24
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CHATWOOD, Jacqueline Ann appointed
director
2007-09-24
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FINNIGAN, Michael Edward appointed
director
2007-09-24
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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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Heather Valerie Wright Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Ms Jacqueline Ann Chatwood Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-09-24

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: 2026-10-23

Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

WRIGHT, Heather Valerie→

director · ~62y · appointed 2007-09-24

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Active

CHATWOOD, Jacqueline→

secretary · appointed 2012-09-21 · resigned 2016-03-21

Resigned

O'DONOGHUE, Andrew Thomas→

secretary · appointed 2007-09-24 · resigned 2012-09-21

Resigned

CHATWOOD, Jacqueline Ann→

director · ~60y · appointed 2007-09-24 · resigned 2016-03-21

Resigned

CLARKSON, Simon→

director · ~51y · appointed 2009-05-08 · resigned 2011-09-30

Resigned

FINNIGAN, Michael Edward→

director · ~67y · appointed 2007-09-24 · resigned 2008-04-25

Resigned

O'DONOGHUE, Andrew Thomas→

director · ~66y · appointed 2007-09-24 · resigned 2012-09-21

Resigned

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