ADAMS & WADE(MAIDENHEAD)LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00757250 · ltd · incorporated 1963-04-10
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 60.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41202Construction of domestic buildings
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

28 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 60.4y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 60.4 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: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
28 charges (28/28 with lender, 28/28 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
135 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30

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

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Corporate timeline (82 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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  2. 2024-06-28
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  3. 2023-06-30
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  4. 2022-06-29
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  5. 2021-06-30
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  6. 2020-09-21
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  7. 2020-01-15
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    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2020-01-15
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    Charge satisfied #28
  9. 2019-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2018-06-26
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  11. 2017-06-27
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  13. 2016-01-05
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  14. 2015-06-22
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  15. 2015-01-12
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  16. 2014-06-26
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  17. 2007-05-10
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    Charge registered #28
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  18. 2005-11-23
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    LANGLEY, Andrea Claire appointed
    director
  19. 2005-08-08
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    LANGLEY, Andrea Claire appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-08-08
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    LANGLEY, Mark David resigned
    secretary
  21. 2005-08-08
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    LANGLEY, Clifford Alan resigned
    director
  22. 2003-08-05
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    Charge satisfied #27
  23. 2003-08-05
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    Charge satisfied #26
  24. 2003-08-05
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    Charge satisfied #25
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    Charge satisfied #24
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    Charge satisfied #23
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    Charge satisfied #22
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    Charge satisfied #21
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  30. 2003-08-05
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    Charge satisfied #12
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    Charge satisfied #11
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    Charge satisfied #10
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    Charge satisfied #9
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    Charge satisfied #8
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    Charge satisfied #7
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    Charge satisfied #3
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    Charge satisfied #2
  48. 2003-08-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  49. 1993-07-19
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    LANGLEY, Mark David appointed
    director
  50. 1993-07-19
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    LANGLEY, Mark David appointed
    secretary
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Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 63 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.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark David Langley
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
50–75%
—50-75% shares31/12/2016
Mrs Andrea Claire Langley
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares31/12/2016

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

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1963-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

33 St Lukes Road
Maidenhead
Berks
SL6 7DW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

LANGLEY, Andrea Claire→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LANGLEY, Andrea Claire→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LANGLEY, Mark David→
director · ~63y · appointed 1993-07-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LANGLEY, Jean Ann→
secretary · resigned 1992-12-23
Resigned
LANGLEY, Mark David→
secretary · appointed 1993-07-19 · resigned 2005-08-08
Resigned
MILES, Roderic George Winston→
secretary · appointed 1992-12-23 · resigned 1993-07-19
Resigned
LANGLEY, Clifford Alan→
director · ~92y · resigned 2005-08-08
Resigned
LANGLEY, Jean Ann→
director · ~90y · resigned 1992-12-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

28
Total charges
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Outstanding
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Active lenders
Status:Lender:28 of 28 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property10/05/200715/01/2020
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property15/04/199305/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property08/06/198905/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property16/12/198505/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property10/07/197905/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property08/05/197905/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property23/04/197905/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property23/04/197905/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property28/02/197905/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property28/02/197905/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property30/01/197905/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property30/01/197905/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property30/01/197905/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property30/01/197905/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property06/06/197805/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property30/07/197605/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Charge1 property09/01/197405/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Charge1 property13/11/197305/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Charge1 property08/11/197305/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property25/07/197305/08/2003
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property17/07/197305/08/2003
satisfied
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Legal charge1 property17/07/197305/08/2003
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Recent filings (135 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-19