ADVANCE CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12416239 · ltd · incorporated 2020-01-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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 (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £244.2k |
| Current assets | — | £579.5k |
| Cash | — | £270.7k |
| Debtors | — | £308.9k |
| Net assets | — | £242.2k |
| Average employees | 1200 | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 address
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 address
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-26➕SKEA, Katie appointedsecretary
- 2022-04-26📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2022-01-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-01-21🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCE CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD
- 2020-01-21➕ROWE, Mark John appointeddirector
- 2020-01-21➕WILLIAMS, Christopher John appointeddirector
- 2020-01-21📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Mark John Rowe Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 21/01/2020 |
Mr Christopher John Williams Individual · British · DOB 04/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 21/01/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Registered office
The Apex Brest Road
Derriford Business Park
Plymouth
Devon
PL6 5FL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
ROWE, Mark John→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2020-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILLIAMS, Christopher John→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2020-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (17 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-04-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22