ADVENTURE EMERGENCY CARE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC161395 · ltd · incorporated 1995-11-06
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£10
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: General secondary education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £10

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£10
~ YoY
Current Assets
£10
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2£4£6£8£10Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£10£10
Current assets£10£10
Net assets£10£10

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-01-28
    ➖
    PHILLIPS, Gordon Alexander resigned
    director
  3. 2025-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-08-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-08-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-09-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-11-06
    ➖
    WALTON KILGOUR resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 1996-01-09
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Robert Michael, Dr appointed
    director
  19. 1996-01-09
    ➖
    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 1996-01-09
    ➕
    WALTON KILGOUR appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 1996-01-09
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Gordon Alexander appointed
    director
  22. 1996-01-09
    ➖
    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  23. 1995-11-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVENTURE EMERGENCY CARE LIMITED
  24. 1995-11-06
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 1995-11-06
    ➕
    ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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
Dr Robert Michael Phillips
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-11-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85310 — General secondary education

Registered office

10/12 Airthrey Rd
Stirling
FK9 5JR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

PHILLIPS, Robert Michael, Dr→
director · ~62y · appointed 1996-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASHCROFT CAMERON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1995-11-06 · resigned 1996-01-09
Resigned
WALTON KILGOUR→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-01-09 · resigned 2009-11-06
Resigned
PHILLIPS, Gordon Alexander→
director · ~56y · appointed 1996-01-09 · resigned 2026-01-28
Resigned
ASHCROFT CAMERON NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 1995-11-06 · resigned 1996-01-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-27