ADVANCED FLYING (LONDON) LTD
🌳Matureactive
06502032 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-313.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
41 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £313,157
Cash YoY
-16%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£4k
↓ 16% YoY
Net Worth
-£313k
↓ 2.9% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-313.2k | £-304.4k |
| Current assets | £4.8k | £7.0k |
| Cash | £4.5k | £5.3k |
| Debtors | £299 | £1.8k |
| Net assets | £-313.2k | £-304.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-03📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-11📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2008-02-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCED FLYING (LONDON) LTD
- 2008-02-12➕AUDET, Marie-Louise Elizabetta appointedsecretary
- 2008-02-12➕AUDET, Darren Wayne appointeddirector
- 2008-02-12➕AUDET, Marie-Louise Elizabetta appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Marie-Louise Elizabetta Audet Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58 | 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-02-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.
Registered office
20-22 Wenlock Road
London
N1 7GU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-23
Last: 2026-02-09
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
AUDET, Marie-Louise Elizabetta→
Activesecretary · appointed 2008-02-12
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AUDET, Darren Wayne→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2008-02-12
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AUDET, Marie-Louise Elizabetta→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2008-02-12
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Recent filings (41 total)
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2026-02-09
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2025-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2024-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2023-12-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2022-12-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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2021-01-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-01