ADF SCALE COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02157017 · ltd · incorporated 1987-08-25
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 38.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 38.6y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 38.6 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: 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
117 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 600 | 600 |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-09-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-09-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-03-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-03-05➖BIDDLE, Kevin Alfred resigneddirector
- 2019-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-03📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2014-05-01➕TIMMS, Natalie Louise appointeddirector
- 2005-01-01➕BIDDLE, Kevin Alfred appointeddirector
- 2003-10-16🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1998-11-04🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1994-09-01➕LITTLE, Georgina Ann appointedsecretary
- 1994-09-01➖FRENCH, Yvonne Margaret, Mrs. resignedsecretary
- 1991-02-05➖HORTON, Paul resigneddirector
- 1987-11-13🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
- 1987-08-25🏢Company incorporatedAs ADF SCALE COMPANY LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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.)
Group structure
Adf Scale (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Adf Scale (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ADF SCALE COMPANY LIMITED
This company · 02157017
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 |
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Adf Scale (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 28/08/2019 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr David Harold Frenchceased 12/12/2019· 50-75% shares
- Mrs Yvonne Margaret Frenchceased 12/12/2019· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-08-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190
Registered office
Unit 6 Key Point
Keys Park Road
Hednesford
Staffordshire
WS12 2FN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
LITTLE, Georgina Ann→
Activesecretary · appointed 1994-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
TIMMS, Natalie Louise→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2014-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FRENCH, Yvonne Margaret, Mrs.→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1994-09-01
BIDDLE, Kevin Alfred→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · appointed 2005-01-01 · resigned 2020-03-05
HORTON, Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · resigned 1991-02-05
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Debenture deed | 1 property | 04/11/1998 | — | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 13/11/1987 | 16/10/2003 |
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Recent filings (117 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-09-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-01