ADELPHI MANUFACTURING COMPANY,LIMITED

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00434896 · ltd · incorporated 1947-05-10

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 43.7y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 43.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — 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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

121 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Average employees	1700	1600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2025-07-30
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-30
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-06-30
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accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-11-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-11-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-11-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-06-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-06-22
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accounts · AA
2019-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-04-24
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mortgage · MR01
2019-04-17
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mortgage · MR04
2019-04-17
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2019-04-17
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Charge satisfied #4
2017-10-12
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SMITH, Daniel resigned
director
2014-10-29
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WILSON, Christopher John appointed
director
2014-10-29
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MCGUIRE, Catharine Mary resigned
director
2013-05-03
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HOLLAND, Philomena resigned
director
2013-02-11
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HART, Jeremy William appointed
director
2012-04-10
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SMITH, Daniel appointed
director
2012-04-05
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ROUTLEY, David Edwin, Julian resigned
director
2010-10-01
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ROUTLEY, David Edwin, Julian appointed
director
2010-03-01
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MCGUIRE, Catharine Mary appointed
director
2009-03-14
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Charge satisfied #2
2006-11-03
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PERRY, Laurence Guy resigned
director
2005-10-01
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WILLIS, Dean James appointed
director
2005-04-05
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COCKBURN, Judy Nyet Phin resigned
director
2005-04-05
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COCKBURN, Peter Francis resigned
director
2001-05-24
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Charge satisfied #3
2001-01-07
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
1999-11-01
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PERRY, Laurence Guy appointed
director
1994-12-22
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HOLLAND, Philomena appointed
director
1985-02-19
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1984-11-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Allied Irish Finance Company Limited
1982-09-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1947-05-10
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Company incorporated
As ADELPHI MANUFACTURING COMPANY,LIMITED

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — 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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 79 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Adelphi Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Adelphi Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ADELPHI MANUFACTURING COMPANY,LIMITED

This company · 00434896

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Adelphi Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/12/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Angela Christine Holroydceased 01/12/2016· significant influence
Mr Stephen Barron Holroydceased 01/12/2016· significant influence

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1947-05-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Olympus House

Mill Green Road

Haywards Heath

West Sussex

RH16 1XQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-19

Last: 2026-01-05