A.E.ADAMS(HENFIELD)LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00840611 · ltd · incorporated 1965-03-11
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£508.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
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 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 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

6 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 48.3y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 48.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
19 officers (3 active, 19 linked, 17 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
158 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £508,868
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,747 YoY
Cash YoY
-33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£528k
↓ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£509k
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Assets
£806k
↓ 9.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£178k£356k£533k£711k£889kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£508.9k£519.6k
Current assets£806.2k£888.8k
Cash£527.6k£790.0k
Debtors£175.4k£4.8k
Net assets£508.9k£519.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (56 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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  2. 2025-06-23
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  3. 2025-06-23
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  4. 2025-06-23
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  5. 2025-03-26
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  6. 2025-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2024-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-01-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-05-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-05-17
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  11. 2023-05-17
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  12. 2023-05-13
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    FLETCHER, Derrie Ann resigned
    director
  13. 2023-05-13
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    FOSTER, Paul Dennis resigned
    director
  14. 2023-05-13
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    PRESTON, Clifford David resigned
    director
  15. 2023-04-21
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  16. 2023-01-20
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  17. 2023-01-20
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  18. 2023-01-20
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  19. 2023-01-20
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  20. 2023-01-20
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  21. 2023-01-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
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  22. 2022-12-31
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    FLETCHER, Derrie Ann appointed
    director
  23. 2022-12-31
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    FLETCHER, Derrie Ann resigned
    director
  24. 2022-12-31
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    FOSTER, Paul Dennis appointed
    director
  25. 2022-12-31
    ➖
    FOSTER, Paul Dennis resigned
    director
  26. 2022-12-31
    ➕
    PRESTON, Clifford David appointed
    director
  27. 2022-12-31
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    PRESTON, Clifford David resigned
    director
  28. 2022-12-01
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    MILNER, Janet Anne appointed
    director
  29. 2022-12-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  30. 2022-11-07
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  31. 2022-11-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  32. 2015-10-30
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    Charge satisfied #6
  33. 2015-10-30
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    Charge satisfied #5
  34. 2007-10-31
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    ADAMS, Arthur Edward resigned
    director
  35. 2007-10-31
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    ADAMS, Elsie Caroline resigned
    director
  36. 2007-10-31
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    BEAN, Charles resigned
    director
  37. 2007-10-31
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    GLASBY, Yvonne resigned
    director
  38. 2007-10-31
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    JONES, Christopher Stanley resigned
    director
  39. 2007-10-31
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    JONES, Mary resigned
    director
  40. 2007-10-31
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    KILLICK, Carol Ann resigned
    director
  41. 2007-10-31
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Venture Finance PLC
  42. 2007-05-03
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    FLETCHER, Derrie Ann appointed
    director
  43. 2007-05-03
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    FOSTER, Paul Dennis appointed
    director
  44. 2007-05-03
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    PRESTON, Clifford David appointed
    director
  45. 2006-12-31
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    MIDDLETON, Alan resigned
    director
  46. 2006-06-27
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  47. 2001-04-01
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    MILNER, Anthony Martin appointed
    director
  48. 2000-09-26
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    POWLES, David Jackson resigned
    director
  49. 1994-01-01
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    MILNER, Anthony Martin appointed
    secretary
  50. 1994-01-01
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    POWLES, David Jackson resigned
    secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 56 events

Owner dependency

91/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 61 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.E.Adams (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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A.E.Adams (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A.E.ADAMS(HENFIELD)LIMITED
This company · 00840611

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
A.E.Adams (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares19/10/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Janet Anne Milnerceased 19/10/2022· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1965-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

93 Cokeham Lane
Sompting
Lancing
BN15 9SJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-16
Last: 2026-05-02

Officers (3 active · 16 resigned)

MILNER, Anthony Martin→
secretary · appointed 1994-01-01
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Active
MILNER, Anthony Martin→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-04-01
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Active
MILNER, Janet Anne→
director · ~68y · appointed 2022-12-01
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Active
POWLES, David Jackson→
secretary · resigned 1994-01-01
Resigned
ADAMS, Arthur Edward→
director · ~107y · resigned 2007-10-31
Resigned
ADAMS, Elsie Caroline→
director · ~105y · resigned 2007-10-31
Resigned
BEAN, Charles→
director · ~86y · resigned 2007-10-31
Resigned
FLETCHER, Derrie Ann→
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-12-31 · resigned 2023-05-13
Resigned
FLETCHER, Derrie Ann→
director · ~51y · appointed 2007-05-03 · resigned 2022-12-31
Resigned
FOSTER, Paul Dennis→
director · ~69y · appointed 2022-12-31 · resigned 2023-05-13
Resigned
FOSTER, Paul Dennis→
director · ~69y · appointed 2007-05-03 · resigned 2022-12-31
Resigned
GLASBY, Yvonne→
director · ~83y · resigned 2007-10-31
Resigned
JONES, Christopher Stanley→
director · ~81y · resigned 2007-10-31
Resigned
JONES, Mary→
director · ~79y · resigned 2007-10-31
Resigned
KILLICK, Carol Ann→
director · ~83y · resigned 2007-10-31
Resigned
MIDDLETON, Alan→
director · ~81y · resigned 2006-12-31
Resigned
POWLES, David Jackson→
director · ~79y · resigned 2000-09-26
Resigned
PRESTON, Clifford David→
director · ~66y · appointed 2022-12-31 · resigned 2023-05-13
Resigned
PRESTON, Clifford David→
director · ~66y · appointed 2007-05-03 · resigned 2022-12-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
3
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Venture Finance
Venture Finance PLC
All assets debenture1 property31/10/200730/10/2015
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property27/06/200630/10/2015
satisfied
Forward Trust
Forward Trust Limited
Chattels mortgage1 property05/05/198822/09/1992
outstanding
Ciba-Geigy
Ciba-Geigy PLC
Charge1 property10/02/1983—
outstanding
Ciba-Geigy (UK)
Ciba-Geigy (UK) Limited
Deed of charge1 property23/01/1981—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank LTD
Debenture1 property03/03/1978—
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Recent filings (158 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12