ADVANCEWORX CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC505910 · ltd · incorporated 2015-05-14
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£6.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,536
Cash YoY
+32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£22k
↑ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 1389% YoY
Current Assets
£47k
↑ 6.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£9k£19k£28k£38k£47kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£10.7k£6.6k
Current assets£47.1k£44.3k
Cash£22.0k£16.6k
Debtors£25.1k£27.7k
Net assets£6.5k£439

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

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1 signal 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
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filings
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2021-07-20
    ➕
    LANG, Lee appointed
    director
  7. 2020-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-03-24
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2020-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-16
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2018-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-08-09
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    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  15. 2018-07-31
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    gazette · GAZ1
  16. 2017-04-22
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    gazette · DISS40
  17. 2017-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-04-19
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    BRYSON, Charles John resigned
    secretary
  19. 2016-02-02
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    LANG, Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2016-02-01
    ➕
    BRYSON, Charles John appointed
    secretary
  21. 2015-05-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCEWORX CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
  22. 2015-05-14
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  23. 2015-05-14
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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
Mr Anthony Lang
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-05-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

C/O 8
Tom Mccabe Gardens
Hamilton
ML3 6LW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-04
Last: 2025-04-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

LANG, Anthony→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-02-02
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Active
LANG, Lee→
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-07-20
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Active
BRYSON, Charles John→
secretary · appointed 2016-02-01 · resigned 2016-04-19
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2015-05-14 · resigned 2015-05-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-08