ADVANCED COMPANY SOFTWARE LTD
🌳Matureactive
06888485 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-27
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
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-5.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £5,412
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,448 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£5k
↓ 15133% YoY
Current Assets
£81k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.3k | £16.6k |
| Current assets | £80.7k | £105.0k |
| Cash | — | £3.2k |
| Debtors | £80.7k | £101.8k |
| Net assets | £-5.4k | £36 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-05-01➖LYON, John resigneddirector
- 2024-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-04-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-04-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-04-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-17📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-03-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-05-01➕LYON, John appointeddirector
- 2009-04-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCED COMPANY SOFTWARE LTD
- 2009-04-27➕MORRALL, Christopher John appointeddirector
- 2009-04-27➕MORRALL, Craig David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)
Group structure
Tugger Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Tugger Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ADVANCED COMPANY SOFTWARE LTD
This company · 06888485
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Tugger Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/03/2023 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr John Lyonceased 31/03/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Craig David Morrallceased 31/03/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- Mr Christopher John Morrallceased 31/03/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-04-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development
Registered office
Clarence Mill Business Centre Clarence Road
Bollington
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 5JZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MORRALL, Christopher John→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2009-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MORRALL, Craig David→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2009-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LYON, John→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2015-05-01 · resigned 2024-05-01
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Recent filings (74 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-04-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10