A.D.WOODLEY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00262559 · ltd · incorporated 1932-02-10
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 68.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£38.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 82). 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 68.1y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 68.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (4 active, 15 linked, 10 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
5 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
139 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £38,534
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,073 YoY
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£237k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£39k
↓ 5.1% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£47k£95k£142k£189k£237kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£38.5k£40.6k
Current assets—£236.1k
Cash£236.8k£236.1k
Net assets£38.5k£40.6k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-07
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-06-27
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    WOODLEY, Janet resigned
    secretary
  4. 2024-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-29
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  7. 2022-09-29
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  8. 2022-09-29
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  9. 2022-09-29
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  10. 2022-09-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-28
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  13. 2021-09-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2021-09-14
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2021-09-08
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    WOODLEY, Lucy Jane appointed
    director
  16. 2021-08-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-06-22
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    WOODLEY, Alan Dwight resigned
    director
  18. 2021-06-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2020-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2013-09-14
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    Charge satisfied #3
  22. 2013-09-14
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    Charge satisfied #2
  23. 2009-11-20
    ➖
    WOODLEY, Keith Ernest resigned
    director
  24. 2005-05-19
    ➖
    CARPENTER, Dudley Gordon resigned
    director
  25. 2004-08-13
    ➕
    WOODLEY, Janet appointed
    secretary
  26. 2004-06-11
    ➖
    BIGGS, Neil John resigned
    secretary
  27. 2000-10-04
    ➕
    WEAR, Mary Rita appointed
    director
  28. 2000-10-04
    ➕
    WOODLEY, John Cyril appointed
    director
  29. 2000-10-04
    ➕
    BIGGS, Neil John appointed
    secretary
  30. 2000-10-04
    ➖
    JOHNSON, Billie Eve resigned
    secretary
  31. 2000-10-04
    ➕
    CARPENTER, Dudley Gordon appointed
    director
  32. 2000-10-04
    ➖
    COKER, Edgar Tom resigned
    director
  33. 2000-10-04
    ➕
    WOODLEY, Alan Dwight appointed
    director
  34. 2000-10-04
    ➖
    WOODLEY, Pauline Dorothy resigned
    director
  35. 2000-10-04
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  36. 2000-10-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  37. 1998-09-18
    ➕
    HODGSON, Anne May appointed
    director
  38. 1998-09-18
    ➕
    COKER, Edgar Tom appointed
    director
  39. 1998-09-18
    ➕
    WOODLEY, Keith Ernest appointed
    director
  40. 1998-03-30
    ➖
    WOODLEY, Cyril Frederick resigned
    director
  41. 1994-01-05
    ➕
    WOODLEY, Pauline Dorothy appointed
    director
  42. 1993-09-26
    ➖
    ARNOTT, Niwla Jane resigned
    secretary
  43. 1993-09-01
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Billie Eve appointed
    secretary
  44. 1992-10-21
    ➕
    ARNOTT, Niwla Jane appointed
    secretary
  45. 1992-10-21
    ➖
    HODGSON, Anne May resigned
    secretary
  46. 1958-03-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Agricultural Mortgage Corporation LTD.
  47. 1932-02-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.D.WOODLEY LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WOODLEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 94 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.)

Group structure

A D Woodley Holdings 2021 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A D Woodley Holdings 2021 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A.D.WOODLEY LIMITED
This company · 00262559

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

5 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
A D Woodley Holdings 2021 Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting19/06/2021
Miss Lucy Jane Woodley
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence22/06/2021
Mrs Anne May Hodgson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr John Cyril Woodley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1944 · age 82
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Mary Rita Wear
Individual · British · DOB 01/1948 · age 78
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Alan Dwight Woodleyceased 22/06/2021· significant influence
  • A. D. Woodley Holdings Limitedceased 19/06/2021· 75-100% shares

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

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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
Incorporated1932-02-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

Northfields Farm, Stretton On
Fosse, Moreton In The Marsh
Gloucestershire
GL56 9RE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (4 active · 11 resigned)

HODGSON, Anne May→
director · ~78y · appointed 1998-09-18
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Active
WEAR, Mary Rita→
director · ~78y · appointed 2000-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODLEY, John Cyril→
director · ~82y · appointed 2000-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODLEY, Lucy Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 2021-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ARNOTT, Niwla Jane→
secretary · appointed 1992-10-21 · resigned 1993-09-26
Resigned
BIGGS, Neil John→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-04 · resigned 2004-06-11
Resigned
HODGSON, Anne May→
secretary · resigned 1992-10-21
Resigned
JOHNSON, Billie Eve→
secretary · appointed 1993-09-01 · resigned 2000-10-04
Resigned
WOODLEY, Janet→
secretary · appointed 2004-08-13 · resigned 2025-06-27
Resigned
CARPENTER, Dudley Gordon→
director · ~84y · appointed 2000-10-04 · resigned 2005-05-19
Resigned
COKER, Edgar Tom→
director · ~78y · appointed 1998-09-18 · resigned 2000-10-04
Resigned
WOODLEY, Alan Dwight→
director · ~93y · appointed 2000-10-04 · resigned 2021-06-22
Resigned
WOODLEY, Cyril Frederick→
director · ~116y · resigned 1998-03-30
Resigned
WOODLEY, Keith Ernest→
director · ~88y · appointed 1998-09-18 · resigned 2009-11-20
Resigned
WOODLEY, Pauline Dorothy→
director · ~102y · appointed 1994-01-05 · resigned 2000-10-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property04/10/200014/09/2013
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge2 properties04/10/200014/09/2013
outstanding
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation .
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation LTD.
Mortgage1 property29/03/1958—
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Recent filings (139 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2022-09-29
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-09-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-09-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-28