ADFIELD-HARVEY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01180823 · ltd · incorporated 1974-08-14

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 42.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2023

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public relations and communications activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
73110Advertising agencies
74209Other photographic activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 42.8y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 42.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

119 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2023-12-31
Average employees	2500

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-10-08
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THOMAS, Gareth Peter resigned
director
2025-10-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
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officers · AP01
2024-11-07
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-30
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capital · SH01
2024-10-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-29
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PHILLIPS, Paul resigned
director
2024-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
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THOMAS, Gareth Peter appointed
director
2024-01-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-16
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-20
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-20
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-09-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-19
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FIELD, David John resigned
secretary
2023-02-19
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FIELD, David John resigned
director
2023-01-02
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BENNETT, Claire Lisa appointed
director
2023-01-02
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JAMES, Susannah Lesley appointed
director
2022-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
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accounts · AA
2008-08-12
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Charge satisfied #2
2008-06-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2008-01-04
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PHILLIPS, Paul appointed
director
2001-03-21
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FIELD, David John appointed
secretary
2001-03-21
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SNOWDON, James Muirhead resigned
secretary
2000-04-06
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FIELD, Lydia Christine appointed
director
1997-05-27
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FIELD, Ian David appointed
director
1985-12-20
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1983-08-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1974-08-14
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Company incorporated
As ADFIELD-HARVEY 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FIELD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — 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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 52 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian David Field Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Lydia Christine Field Individual · British · DOB 11/1974 · age 52	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	14/02/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr David John Fieldceased 19/02/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated1974-08-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70210 — Public relations and communications activities

Registered office

The Granary

Beckbury

Shifnal

TF11 9DG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-01

Last: 2025-11-17