ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC202571 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-22

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 20.8y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 20.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (60/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

20 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-01-08
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accounts · AA
2025-12-16
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officers · CH01
2025-03-04
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officers · AP01
2025-02-20
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PANKHURST, Drew appointed
director
2025-01-15
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accounts · AA
2024-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
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accounts · AA
2023-01-24
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officers · CH01
2023-01-24
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officers · CH01
2023-01-24
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officers · CH03
2022-11-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-04
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accounts · AA
2021-04-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-08-11
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mortgage · MR01
2020-07-31
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2020-01-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-01-03
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accounts · AA
2007-02-01
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DIGNALL, Thomas Bryce appointed
director
2005-07-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2002-09-05
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SHIELDS, Daniella appointed
director
2001-12-28
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SHIELDS, Daniella appointed
secretary
2001-12-28
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CALDWELL, James resigned
secretary
1999-12-22
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Company incorporated
As ADVANCE CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED
1999-12-22
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SHIELDS, James Martin appointed
director
1999-12-22
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CALDWELL, James appointed
secretary
1999-12-22
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-12-22
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Daniella Shields Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/07/2016
Mr James Martin Shields Individual · Irish · DOB 10/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated1999-12-22

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Caldergrove House 4 Linnet Way

Strathclyde Business Park

Bellshill

Lanarkshire

ML4 3RA

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-02

Last: 2025-12-19