ADVANTAGE BUSINESS ANGELS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10031094 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-29
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£9.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
28 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
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,416
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,990 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£9k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£10k£15k£20k£25kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£9.4k£24.1k
Current assets£10.4k£25.0k
Net assets£9.4k£15.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2024-12-05
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    ZISSMAN, Bernard Philip, Sir resigned
    director
  4. 2024-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-10
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-03-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2022-03-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-03-03
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    BARNSLEY, Robert Patrick resigned
    director
  11. 2021-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-03
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-05-11
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    BARNSLEY, Paul Robert appointed
    director
  16. 2018-05-11
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2017-12-11
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    capital · SH01
  18. 2017-08-17
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-03-14
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    officers · CH01
  20. 2016-02-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANTAGE BUSINESS ANGELS LIMITED
  21. 2016-02-29
    ➕
    MEIER, Paul Stryker appointed
    director
  22. 2016-02-29
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    RANKIN, John Mark appointed
    director
  23. 2016-02-29
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    BARNSLEY, Robert Patrick appointed
    director
  24. 2016-02-29
    ➕
    ZISSMAN, Bernard Philip, Sir appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Robert Barnsley
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares20/02/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robert Patrick Barnsleyceased 20/02/2022· 50-75% shares

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-02-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

Redroofs
Berrington Road
Tenbury Wells
Worcestershire
WR15 8EN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BARNSLEY, Paul Robert→
director · ~62y · appointed 2018-05-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MEIER, Paul Stryker→
director · ~71y · appointed 2016-02-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RANKIN, John Mark→
director · ~78y · appointed 2016-02-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNSLEY, Robert Patrick→
director · ~85y · appointed 2016-02-29 · resigned 2022-03-03
Resigned
ZISSMAN, Bernard Philip, Sir→
director · ~92y · appointed 2016-02-29 · resigned 2024-12-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-03-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-03-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-01