ADVANCED PET CARE LTD
🌳Matureactive
07149607 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-08
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£119.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Veterinary activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
40 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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £119,605
Cash YoY
-27%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£159k
↓ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£120k
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£583k
↓ 84% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £119.6k | £3.65M |
| Current assets | £582.7k | £3.65M |
| Cash | £158.6k | £217.0k |
| Debtors | £424.1k | £3.43M |
| Net assets | £119.6k | £116.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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 (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-03-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-01📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-01-31📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-05-22➕REYNOLDS, Stuart James appointeddirector
- 2021-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-10-01➕REYNOLDS, Helen appointeddirector
- 2010-10-01➖MANCHANDA, Sonal resigneddirector
- 2010-02-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCED PET CARE LTD
- 2010-02-08➕MANCHANDA, Sonal appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sonal Manchanda Individual · Canadian · DOB 08/1970 · age 56 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC75000 — Veterinary activities
Registered office
6 Knights Park, Hussey Road
Battlefield Enterprise Park
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 3TE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-22
Last: 2026-02-08
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
REYNOLDS, Helen→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2010-10-01
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REYNOLDS, Stuart James→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2021-05-22
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MANCHANDA, Sonal→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2010-02-08 · resigned 2010-10-01
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Recent filings (40 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-02-01
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-26