THORNHAM ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITED

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FC042934 · oversea-company · incorporated 2025-10-01
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (43/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
    SAFFERY TRUST (GUERNSEY) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  2. 2025-11-17
    CORNEY, Howard James appointed
    director
  3. 2025-11-17
    📄
    appointment-at-registration-of-person-authorised-to-accept-service
    annual-return · OS-PAR
  4. 2025-11-17
    📄
    appointment-at-registration-of-person-authorised-to-represent
    annual-return · OS-PAR
  5. 2025-11-17
    📄
    register-overseas-company
    incorporation · OSIN01
  6. 2025-10-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As THORNHAM ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITED

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 0.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeoversea-company
Incorporated2025-10-01
Jurisdictionunited-kingdom
Primary SIC

Registered office

PO BOX 141 La Tonnelle House
Les Banques
St Sampson
Guernsey
GY1 3HS

Filing status

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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SAFFERY TRUST (GUERNSEY) LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2025-11-17
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Active
CORNEY, Howard James
director · ~52y · appointed 2025-11-17
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Recent filings (3 total)

appointment-at-registration-of-person-authorised-to-accept-service
annual-return · OS-PAR
2025-11-17
appointment-at-registration-of-person-authorised-to-represent
annual-return · OS-PAR
2025-11-17
register-overseas-company
incorporation · OSIN01
2025-11-17