ADVANCED KFS SPECIAL VEHICLES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09636640 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-12
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.21M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -86% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.9y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
57 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
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,208,519
Net assets shrinking
Down £195,587 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 86% YoY
Cash YoY
-86%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£42k
↓ 86% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£2.6m
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£671k£1.3m£2.0m£2.7m£3.4mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£1.49M£1.48M
Current assets£2.59M£3.36M
Cash£42.0k£291.2k
Debtors£2.14M£2.56M
Net assets£1.21M£1.40M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-06-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2023-01-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-11-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2021-11-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2021-10-01
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    HAWKYARD, Andrew Richard appointed
    director
  14. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2021-03-15
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    ADAMS, Mark Antony resigned
    director
  17. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-07-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2019-07-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2019-06-21
    ➖
    ROBINSON, Gary William resigned
    director
  22. 2019-06-21
    ➖
    ROBINSON, Helen Margaret resigned
    director
  23. 2017-07-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  24. 2017-05-25
    ➖
    ELWELL, Stephen resigned
    director
  25. 2015-10-15
    ➕
    KNIGHT, Ian Jeffrey appointed
    director
  26. 2015-10-15
    ➕
    KNIGHT, Lucy Elizabeth appointed
    director
  27. 2015-10-15
    ➕
    ADAMS, Mark Antony appointed
    director
  28. 2015-10-15
    ➕
    ELWELL, Stephen appointed
    director
  29. 2015-10-15
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Helen Margaret appointed
    director
  30. 2015-06-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED KFS SPECIAL VEHICLES LIMITED
  31. 2015-06-12
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Gary William 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
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Advanced Kfs Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Advanced Kfs Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ADVANCED KFS SPECIAL VEHICLES LIMITED
This company · 09636640

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Advanced Kfs Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/06/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gary William Robinsonceased 21/06/2019· significant influence
  • Mr Ian Jeffrey Knightceased 21/06/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2015-06-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

Fleming Court
Leigh Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 9PD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

HAWKYARD, Andrew Richard→
director · ~56y · appointed 2021-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNIGHT, Ian Jeffrey→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNIGHT, Lucy Elizabeth→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADAMS, Mark Antony→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-10-15 · resigned 2021-03-15
Resigned
ELWELL, Stephen→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-10-15 · resigned 2017-05-25
Resigned
ROBINSON, Gary William→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-06-12 · resigned 2019-06-21
Resigned
ROBINSON, Helen Margaret→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-10-15 · resigned 2019-06-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—20/07/2017—
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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-11-10