ADDISON TEMPEST LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01909817 · ltd · incorporated 1985-04-30
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 40.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£831.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueDormant / non-trading with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 69). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 40.3y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 40.3 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 (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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 £831,410
Net assets shrinking
Down £429 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£831k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£923k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £831.4k | £831.8k |
| Current assets | £923.3k | £923.7k |
| Net assets | £831.4k | £831.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-06-07📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-06-06📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2022-02-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-10-04➖HOLGATE, Ann resignedsecretary
- 2021-10-04➖HOLGATE, Ann resigneddirector
- 2021-10-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-10-04📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2013-08-13➖HOLGATE, Derek Tempest resigneddirector
- 1995-02-10➕HOLGATE, Gillian appointeddirector
- 1991-10-12🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1991-10-12🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1991-08-06🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1986-12-31🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1986-02-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1985-04-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ADDISON TEMPEST LIMITED
Owner dependency
91/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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
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.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
Torquay Market
Market Street
Torquay
TQ1 3AE
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
HOLGATE, Gillian→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 1995-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLGATE, Ann→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2021-10-04
HOLGATE, Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · resigned 2021-10-04
HOLGATE, Derek Tempest→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 2013-08-13
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 06/08/1991 | — | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/12/1986 | 12/10/1991 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge | 1 property | 19/02/1986 | 12/10/1991 |
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Recent filings (108 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-06-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2022-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28