ADLINGTON PAPER & BOARD SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02603628 · ltd · incorporated 1991-04-22
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 Liabilities
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£0£70k£141k£211k£281k£352kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets—£291.7k
Current assets—£351.9k
Net assets—£204.6k
Average employees300—

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
    ➕
    SMITH, Scott Richard appointed
    director
  2. 2026-01-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-02-22
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  9. 2022-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2020-12-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2020-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-03
    ➖
    SMITH, Allan Maurice resigned
    director
  15. 2020-03-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2019-11-13
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    change-person-secretary-company
    officers · CH03
  17. 2019-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-04-10
    ➕
    SMITH, Paul appointed
    secretary
  20. 2015-04-10
    ➖
    SMITH, Robert Michael resigned
    secretary
  21. 2015-04-10
    ➖
    SMITH, Robert Michael resigned
    director
  22. 2015-01-31
    ➕
    SMITH, Paul Anthony appointed
    director
  23. 1991-05-20
    ➖
    HULME, John resigned
    director
  24. 1991-04-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADLINGTON PAPER & BOARD SUPPLIES LIMITED
  25. 1991-04-22
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  26. 1991-04-22
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1991-04-22
    ➕
    SMITH, Robert Michael appointed
    secretary
  28. 1991-04-22
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  29. 1991-04-22
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director
  30. 1991-04-22
    ➕
    HULME, John appointed
    director
  31. 1991-04-22
    ➕
    SMITH, Allan Maurice appointed
    director
  32. 1991-04-22
    ➕
    SMITH, Robert Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

21/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SMITH, Scott Richard (same surname) appointed 2026-01-20. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • 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.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Anthony Smith
Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/02/2022

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760

Registered office

Adlington Storage Ltd
Clough Bank
Bollington
Cheshire
SK10 5NZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-07
Last: 2025-06-23

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

SMITH, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2015-04-10
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Active
SMITH, Paul Anthony→
director · ~64y · appointed 2015-01-31
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Active
SMITH, Scott Richard→
director · ~40y · appointed 2026-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-04-22 · resigned 1991-04-22
Resigned
SMITH, Robert Michael→
secretary · appointed 1991-04-22 · resigned 2015-04-10
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 1991-04-22 · resigned 1991-04-22
Resigned
HULME, John→
director · ~84y · appointed 1991-04-22 · resigned 1991-05-20
Resigned
SMITH, Allan Maurice→
director · ~80y · appointed 1991-04-22 · resigned 2020-03-03
Resigned
SMITH, Robert Michael→
director · ~87y · appointed 1991-04-22 · resigned 2015-04-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

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officers · AP01
2026-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-02-22
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-14