ADVANCE HEATING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

10000848 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-11

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33190

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

22 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	100	100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand

2025-10-29
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2024-10-31
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2023-10-30
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2022-03-14
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2021-10-20
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2020-10-06
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2019-06-11
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2018-03-20
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2017-10-18
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2017-10-10
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2016-04-04
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2016-02-11
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCE HEATING LIMITED
2016-02-11
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MARTIN, Robert William appointed
director
2016-02-11
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MARTIN, Victoria Jenna appointed
director
2016-02-11
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100

Moderate signal

Some 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

clean

No 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 Robert William Martin Individual · British · DOB 08/1981 · age 45	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	10/02/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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A. J. LAMINATED BEAMS LIMITED→ 04323441 · est 2001 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	—	—
ABBEY ENGINEERING & FABRICATION SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 12116449 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
ABBEY LABELS LIMITED→ 02124264 · est 1987 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	38y	—	—
ABSOLUTE REFRIGERATION LIMITED→ 04543153 · est 2002 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	23y	—	—
AD ENGINEERING LIMITED→ 16359105 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ADVANCED ALUMINIUM DESIGN LIMITED→ 05300430 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—
ADVANCED RECOVERY SYSTEMS LTD→ 11693525 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ADVION LTD→ 04314598 · est 2001 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	—	—
AEM COLLECTION LTD→ 15571661 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-02-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

Old Shop The Tye

Barking

Ipswich

Suffolk

IP6 8HZ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-24

Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MARTIN, Robert William→

director · ~45y · appointed 2016-02-11

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MARTIN, Victoria Jenna→

director · ~42y · appointed 2016-02-11

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