ADAM GEOFFREY MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02889696 · ltd · incorporated 1994-01-20
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 29.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.9y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Average employees00

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
    ➕
    SMITH, Katie appointed
    director
  2. 2026-04-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2018-10-11
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2018-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2017-10-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2016-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 1998-12-31
    ➖
    RUBENS, Jeremy Adam resigned
    secretary
  19. 1998-12-31
    ➖
    RUBENS, Jeremy Adam resigned
    director
  20. 1996-08-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor & the Company of the Bank of Ireland
  21. 1996-04-24
    ➕
    CONWAY, Rebecca Anne appointed
    secretary
  22. 1994-02-02
    ➕
    COHEN, David Geoffrey appointed
    director
  23. 1994-02-02
    ➕
    RUBENS, Jeremy Adam appointed
    secretary
  24. 1994-02-02
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1994-02-02
    ➕
    RUBENS, Jeremy Adam appointed
    director
  26. 1994-02-02
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1994-01-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADAM GEOFFREY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  28. 1994-01-20
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1994-01-20
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 68. 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 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Geoffrey Cohen
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Rebecca Anne Conwayceased 16/10/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated1994-01-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Adam Geoffrey & Co
Lloyds House 22 Lloyd Street
Manchester
M2 5WA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

CONWAY, Rebecca Anne→
secretary · appointed 1996-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COHEN, David Geoffrey→
director · ~68y · appointed 1994-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Katie→
director · ~36y · appointed 2026-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUBENS, Jeremy Adam→
secretary · appointed 1994-02-02 · resigned 1998-12-31
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-01-20 · resigned 1994-02-02
Resigned
RUBENS, Jeremy Adam→
director · ~63y · appointed 1994-02-02 · resigned 1998-12-31
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-01-20 · resigned 1994-02-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
The Governor & the Company of the Bank of Ireland
Debenture1 property22/08/199611/10/2018

Recent filings (80 total)

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officers · AP01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-21