ADDVANTAGE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07112339 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-23
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
  • 86210General medical practice activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£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 employees2200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-22
    AHMED, Hamza appointed
    director
  3. 2025-07-22
    AHMED, Nasima appointed
    director
  4. 2025-07-22
    AHMED, Suhel Ismail, Dr resigned
    director
  5. 2025-07-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-07-22
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-07-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-01-09
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-04-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  20. 2009-12-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADDVANTAGE DIGITAL SOLUTIONS LTD
  21. 2009-12-23
    AHMED, Suhel Ismail, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-01-09: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Suhel Ismail Ahmed
Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47
2550%
25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Nasima Ahmed
Individual · British · DOB 02/1979 · age 47
2550%
25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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6 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
Incorporated2009-12-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Clive House
Clive Street
Bolton
Lancashire
BL1 1ET
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-05
Last: 2025-06-21

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

AHMED, Hamza
director · ~21y · appointed 2025-07-22
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Active
AHMED, Nasima
director · ~47y · appointed 2025-07-22
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Active
AHMED, Suhel Ismail, Dr
director · ~47y · appointed 2009-12-23 · resigned 2025-07-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge14/04/2016
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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-23
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-03-23