ADC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02725940 · ltd · incorporated 1992-06-24

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£4.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -82% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

80 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,489

Net assets shrinking

Down £29,383 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 82% YoY

Cash YoY

-82%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6k

↓ 82% YoY

Net Worth

£4k

↓ 87% YoY

Current Assets

£13k

↓ 69% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£4.9k	£34.2k
Current assets	£13.4k	£42.9k
Cash	£6.3k	£35.2k
Debtors	£7.2k	£7.7k
Net assets	£4.5k	£33.9k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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2022-08-09
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2021-11-26
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accounts · AA
2020-12-10
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2019-12-27
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2018-08-25
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accounts · AA
2018-08-17
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2018-03-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2017-09-18
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accounts · AA
2016-12-09
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2016-06-22
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2015-12-10
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2015-06-22
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2000-02-01
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HENN, Laurence Martin appointed
director
1992-07-16
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JPCORS LIMITED resigned
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1992-07-16
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JPCORD LIMITED resigned
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1992-06-24
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Company incorporated
As ADC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
1992-06-24
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JPCORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1992-06-24
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JPCORD LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

83/100

Critical — business is the founder

The 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Kathleen Spurr Individual · British · DOB 02/1951 · age 75	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	17/08/2018

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

Incorporated1992-06-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Lyndhurst Lodge

41 Lyndhurst Road

Chichester

West Sussex

PO19 7PE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-03

Last: 2026-06-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HENN, Laurence Martin→

secretary

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Active

HENN, Laurence Martin→

director · ~77y · appointed 2000-02-01

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Active

SPURR, Kathleen→

director · ~75y

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Active

JPCORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-06-24 · resigned 1992-07-16

Resigned

JPCORD LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-06-24 · resigned 1992-07-16

Resigned

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