ADVANCE BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09403114 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-23
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 8.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of call centres
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 8.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.5 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, 1 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-30 | 2023-10-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £25.6k |
| Current assets | — | £58.7k |
| Net assets | — | £23.2k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 address
Last 90 days
13
filings
- • 8 capital
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
Last 180 days
20
filings
- • 8 capital
- • 6 persons-with-significant-control
- • 4 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-12➕MERCER, Chris Paul appointeddirector
- 2026-03-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-03-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-03-10📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2026-03-10📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2026-03-10📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2026-03-10📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2026-03-10📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2026-03-10📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2026-03-10📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2026-02-21📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2026-02-19📄replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP01AP01
- 2026-02-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-02-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-02-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-02-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-13📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-03-13🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2017-11-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Skipton Business Finance Limited
- 2016-12-31➖STRINGER, Matthew resigneddirector
- 2016-04-06➖STRINGER, Nicholas James resigneddirector
- 2016-01-18➕STRINGER, Nicholas James appointeddirector
- 2016-01-18➕STRINGER, Nicholas James appointeddirector
- 2015-01-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCE BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LIMITED
- 2015-01-23➕STRINGER, Matthew appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Paul Mercer Individual · British · DOB 04/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 19/02/2026 |
Mr Nicholas James Stringer Individual · British · DOB 03/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Nicholas James Stringerceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Mr Nicholas James Stringerceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82200 — Activities of call centres
Registered office
Suite 2:11 Business Central 2 Union Square
Central Park
Darlington
County Durham
DL1 1GL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last made up to: 2024-10-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-01
Last: 2026-01-18
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
MERCER, Chris Paul→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2026-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STRINGER, Nicholas James→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2016-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STRINGER, Matthew→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2015-01-23 · resigned 2016-12-31
STRINGER, Nicholas James→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2016-01-18 · resigned 2016-04-06
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Skipton Business Finance Skipton Business Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 27/11/2017 | 13/03/2024 |
Recent filings (57 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-12
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-03-10
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-03-10
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-03-10
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-03-10
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-03-10
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-03-10
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2026-03-10
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-02-21
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-06