ADVANTAGE AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07981550 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-08
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
£123.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 29320
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -42% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 13.7y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £123,018
Cash draining
Cash down 42% YoY
Cash YoY
-42%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£61k
↓ 42% YoY
Net Worth
£123k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£261k
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £262.1k | £156.1k |
| Current assets | £261.2k | £257.6k |
| Cash | £61.3k | £105.7k |
| Debtors | £161.9k | £112.4k |
| Net assets | £123.0k | £94.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-08✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-26➕JONES, Julie, Dr appointeddirector
- 2022-05-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-02📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2021-03-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-10-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-12-11➖MOUND, Jennifer Susan resigneddirector
- 2017-04-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-02-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Five Arrows Business Finance PLC
- 2015-03-09➕JONES, Michael Russell appointeddirector
- 2012-10-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC T/as Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance
- 2012-03-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANTAGE AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
- 2012-03-08➕MOUND, Jennifer Susan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Russell Jones Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 08/03/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Jennifer Susan Moundceased 10/04/2019· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC29320 — SIC 29320
Registered office
Unit 14 Presteigne Industrial Estate
Presteigne
LD8 2UF
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
JONES, Julie, Dr→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2022-05-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Michael Russell→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2015-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MOUND, Jennifer Susan→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2012-03-08 · resigned 2017-12-11
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Five Arrows Business Finance Five Arrows Business Finance PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/02/2016 | — | |
| satisfied | Hitachi Capital (UK) T/as Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance Hitachi Capital (UK) PLC T/as Hitachi Capital Invoice Finance | Debenture | 1 property | 12/10/2012 | 18/04/2017 |
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Recent filings (63 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-06-02