ADVECTEC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10154736 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-28
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£3.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 53202Unlicenced Carrier
  • 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £3,381

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£3k
↑ 48% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£676£1k£2k£3k£3kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£3.4k£2.3k
Current assets£3.4k£2.8k
Net assets£3.4k£2.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-08-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-08-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2016-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVECTEC LIMITED
  16. 2016-04-28
    ➕
    GIERZ, Beata appointed
    director
  17. 2016-04-28
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    GIERZ, Marcin Roman appointed
    director
  18. 2016-04-28
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    incorporation-company
    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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Marcin Roman Gierz
Individual · Polish · DOB 12/1976 · age 50
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/04/2017

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
Incorporated2016-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Suite 2, Mercer House
780a Hagley Road West
Birmingham
B68 0PJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GIERZ, Beata→
director · ~44y · appointed 2016-04-28
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GIERZ, Marcin Roman→
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-04-28
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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-29