ADVANCED AC & REFRIGERATION LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14065223 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-25
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£18.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Repair of machinery
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43220Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed manufacturing with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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, 2 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £18,877
Cash YoY
+140%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£42k
↑ 140% YoY
Net Worth
£19k
↑ 72% YoY
Current Assets
£53k
↑ 97% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£11k£21k£32k£43k£53kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£18.9k£11.0k
Current assets£53.2k£27.0k
Cash£41.8k£17.4k
Debtors£11.4k£9.6k
Net assets£18.9k£11.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-01-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED AC & REFRIGERATION LTD
  6. 2022-04-25
    COLLINS, Abigail Billie appointed
    director
  7. 2022-04-25
    ELLIOTT, Drew William appointed
    director
  8. 2022-04-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some 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 signal

Limited 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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-08

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Drew William Elliott
Individual · British · DOB 12/1990 · age 36
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/04/2022
Miss Abigail Billie Collins
Individual · British · DOB 06/1993 · age 33
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control25/04/2022

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
Incorporated2022-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

28 Radley Close
Broadstairs
CT10 1BT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-08OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

COLLINS, Abigail Billie
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-04-25
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Active
ELLIOTT, Drew William
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-04-25
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-04-25