ADCAL LABELS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01302244 · ltd · incorporated 1977-03-11
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 47.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£773.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18121
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 47.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 47.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £773,181
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,834 YoY
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£380k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Net Worth
£773k
↓ 1.1% YoY
Current Assets
£769k
↓ 3.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £803.7k | £815.8k |
| Current assets | £769.5k | £799.7k |
| Cash | £379.9k | £404.8k |
| Debtors | £338.4k | £343.4k |
| Net assets | £773.2k | £782.0k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-28➕O'CONNOR, Karin Ann appointeddirector
- 2020-10-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2017-06-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2017-06-02➖MITCHELL, Paul Ronald resignedsecretary
- 2017-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-26📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2012-08-24➖O'CONNOR, Hubert Cyril, Dr resigneddirector
- 2004-08-18🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2004-08-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2003-10-11🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 1994-10-21🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1994-01-14➖HARTLEY, Diane Beatrice resignedsecretary
- 1994-01-14➕MITCHELL, Paul Ronald appointedsecretary
- 1994-01-14➖HARTLEY, Diane Beatrice resigneddirector
- 1983-01-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1979-02-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1977-03-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ADCAL LABELS LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Adcal Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Adcal Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ADCAL LABELS LIMITED
This company · 01302244
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adcal Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1977-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18121 — SIC 18121
Registered office
Jayem Works
Gomm Road
High Wycombe
Bucks
HP13 7DJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
O'CONNOR, Karin Ann→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2020-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARTLEY, Diane Beatrice→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1994-01-14
MITCHELL, Paul Ronald→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1994-01-14 · resigned 2017-06-02
HARTLEY, Diane Beatrice→
Resigneddirector · ~92y · resigned 1994-01-14
O'CONNOR, Hubert Cyril, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~101y · resigned 2012-08-24
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 21/10/1994 | 11/10/2003 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge | 1 property | 10/01/1983 | 18/08/2004 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 23/02/1979 | 18/08/2004 |
Recent filings (106 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-12