ADVANCE WINDOWS LTD
🌳Matureactive
07197495 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-22
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
£24.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 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 £24,834
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,549 YoY
Cash YoY
-3%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£101k
↓ 2.6% YoY
Net Worth
£25k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£104k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £24.8k | £39.8k |
| Current assets | £104.3k | £120.0k |
| Cash | £100.7k | £103.4k |
| Debtors | £3.3k | £16.3k |
| Net assets | £24.8k | £33.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-11📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-13📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-04-01📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-06-05➕HARPER, Lisa Melanie appointeddirector
- 2010-03-22🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCE WINDOWS LTD
- 2010-03-22➕HARPER, Ian Martin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
89/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ian Martin Harper Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 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
Incorporated2010-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation
Registered office
40 Dark Lane
Tilehurst
Reading
RG31 6QY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HARPER, Ian Martin→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2010-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARPER, Lisa Melanie→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2010-06-05
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Recent filings (39 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-03