ADVANCED SERVICES (SOUTHAMPTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06446076 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-05

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

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year to Jul 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

48 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

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	300	400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-10-15
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2025-01-31
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2024-01-30
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2023-02-07
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2022-01-17
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2021-02-25
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2020-02-05
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2019-03-25
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2018-04-30
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2017-04-28
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2016-05-03
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2016-02-09
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2016-02-09
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address · AD01
2016-02-08
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officers · TM02
2015-06-01
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SANDERS, Jane resigned
secretary
2015-04-29
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2007-12-05
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCED SERVICES (SOUTHAMPTON) LIMITED
2007-12-05
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GRITT, Jennifer appointed
director
2007-12-05
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GRITT, Simon appointed
director
2007-12-05
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SANDERS, Jane appointed
secretary
2007-12-05
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-12-05
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-12-05
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-12-05
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Simon Gritt Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/09/2016

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

Incorporated2007-12-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

104 Solent Business Centre

Millbrook Road West

Southampton

SO15 0HW

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-19

Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GRITT, Jennifer→

director · ~62y · appointed 2007-12-05

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Active

GRITT, Simon→

director · ~61y · appointed 2007-12-05

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Active

SANDERS, Jane→

secretary · appointed 2007-12-05 · resigned 2015-06-01

Resigned

SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-12-05 · resigned 2007-12-05

Resigned

CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-12-05 · resigned 2007-12-05

Resigned

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