ADVANTEX LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11770311 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-16
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
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 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
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-01-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2019-01-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2019-01-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2019-01-24
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  11. 2019-01-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-01-18
    GLEESON, Nigel, Dr appointed
    director
  13. 2019-01-18
    MACDONALD, Sarah appointed
    director
  14. 2019-01-18
    WALMSLEY, Brian Ronald resigned
    director
  15. 2019-01-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANTEX LTD
  16. 2019-01-16
    WALMSLEY, Brian Ronald appointed
    director
  17. 2019-01-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Dr Nigel Gleeson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1960 · age 66
75100%
75-100% shares18/01/2019

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
Incorporated2019-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Fernhills House
Todd Street
Bury
Gtr Manchester
BL9 5BJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GLEESON, Nigel, Dr
director · ~66y · appointed 2019-01-18
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Active
MACDONALD, Sarah
director · ~47y · appointed 2019-01-18
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Active
WALMSLEY, Brian Ronald
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-01-16 · resigned 2019-01-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-01-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-01-24