A.D. CERTIFIED LIFTING SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01500998 · ltd · incorporated 1980-06-10
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.
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£66.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Likely specialises in the manufacture, inspection, testing, and certification of lifting equipment and rigging hardware — such as chains, slings, hooks, or similar load-bearing gear — with an additional service component that may cover ongoing compliance checks or maintenance for industrial clients.
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 96090Other service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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
2 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 (78/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £65,995
Cash YoY
+144%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£49k
↑ 144% YoY
Net Worth
£66k
↑ 71% YoY
Current Assets
£183k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £89.5k | £79.7k |
| Current assets | £183.1k | £145.5k |
| Cash | £49.2k | £20.1k |
| Debtors | £128.4k | £119.0k |
| Net assets | £66.0k | £38.5k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-08-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-18📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2017-08-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-09-12➕WOODWARD, Antoinette appointedsecretary
- 2011-09-12➖RAYBOULD, Carol resignedsecretary
- 2011-09-12➖RAYBOULD, Carol resigneddirector
- 2004-06-08➕RAYBOULD, Kevin appointeddirector
- 2004-06-08➕WOODWARD, Antoinette appointeddirector
- 2004-06-08➖HALL, Anne Hazel resigneddirector
- 2004-06-08➖PICKUP, John Darrell resigneddirector
- 2001-09-29➖RAYBOULD, Alan resigneddirector
- 1987-06-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1983-07-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1980-06-10🏢Company incorporatedAs A.D. CERTIFIED LIFTING SERVICES LIMITED
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Antoinette Woodward Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 28/08/2016 |
Mr Kevin Raybould Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 28/08/2016 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1980-06-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
Unit 2 Power Station Road
Rugeley
Staffordshire
WS15 2YR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
WOODWARD, Antoinette→
Activesecretary · appointed 2011-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RAYBOULD, Kevin→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2004-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOODWARD, Antoinette→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2004-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
RAYBOULD, Carol→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2011-09-12
HALL, Anne Hazel→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · resigned 2004-06-08
PICKUP, John Darrell→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · resigned 2004-06-08
RAYBOULD, Alan→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · resigned 2001-09-29
RAYBOULD, Carol→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · resigned 2011-09-12
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 16/06/1987 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge | 1 property | 21/07/1983 | — |
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Recent filings (104 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-08-06