A.D.COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01786184 · ltd · incorporated 1984-01-26
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 22.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public relations and communications activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

1 live charge · oldest 22.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
139 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees22002200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-11
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-05-02
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    CHAPPELL, Dan resigned
    director
  4. 2025-01-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-01-17
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-01-15
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    CHAPPELL, Dan appointed
    director
  7. 2024-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-16
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  14. 2018-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2017-07-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  18. 2016-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2010-06-30
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    ALLEN, Richard Christopher resigned
    director
  20. 2010-06-30
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    HOWARD, John Andrew resigned
    director
  21. 2005-03-22
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    CHANDLER, Sarah Eileen resigned
    director
  22. 2005-03-22
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    JAMIESON, Simon Charles John resigned
    director
  23. 2005-03-22
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    PARIS, Philip Iuan resigned
    director
  24. 2004-06-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  25. 2002-05-01
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    TOLINO, Helen Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-04-30
    ➖
    HOWARD, John Andrew resigned
    secretary
  27. 2001-11-15
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    SHURMER, Shireen Hildegard appointed
    director
  28. 2001-11-15
    ➕
    TOLINO, Helen Elizabeth appointed
    director
  29. 1998-01-31
    ➖
    CLARK, Ruth Bernice resigned
    director
  30. 1995-07-31
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    CHANDLER, Sarah Eileen appointed
    director
  31. 1984-01-26
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    Company incorporated
    As A.D.COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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

Adc Surrey Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Adc Surrey Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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A.D.COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
This company · 01786184

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
Adc Surrey Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70210 — Public relations and communications activities

Registered office

Warwick House
1 Claremont Lane
Esher
Surrey
KT10 9DP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-28
Last: 2025-07-14

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

TOLINO, Helen Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHURMER, Shireen Hildegard→
director · ~55y · appointed 2001-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOLINO, Helen Elizabeth→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOWARD, John Andrew→
secretary · resigned 2002-04-30
Resigned
ALLEN, Richard Christopher→
director · ~71y · resigned 2010-06-30
Resigned
CHANDLER, Sarah Eileen→
director · ~64y · appointed 1995-07-31 · resigned 2005-03-22
Resigned
CHAPPELL, Dan→
director · ~54y · appointed 2025-01-15 · resigned 2025-05-02
Resigned
CLARK, Ruth Bernice→
director · ~71y · resigned 1998-01-31
Resigned
HOWARD, John Andrew→
director · ~68y · resigned 2010-06-30
Resigned
JAMIESON, Simon Charles John→
director · ~76y · resigned 2005-03-22
Resigned
PARIS, Philip Iuan→
director · ~68y · resigned 2005-03-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property14/06/2004—
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Recent filings (139 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-14