ADOP UK LTD.

🌳Matureactive

02943420 · ltd · incorporated 1994-06-28

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 30.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Sector: Real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Property-backed borrower with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 30.1y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 30.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· 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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

100 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	3	300

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-04-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-16
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-18
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-18
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-18
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-22
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-12-19
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Fadegest S.A.
2025-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-07-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-27
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DESJONQUERES, Herve Georges Sylvestre Marie resigned
director
2023-06-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-09
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DESJONQUERES, Pascal appointed
director
2023-04-25
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FOYSTER, Nigel Alan appointed
director
2023-04-25
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-17
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-17
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withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2022-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-04-06
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-04-06
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Charge satisfied #2
2022-04-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2004-01-01
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DESJONQUERES, Guy appointed
secretary
2004-01-01
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DESJONQUERES, Pascal Guillam Patrice Maris resigned
secretary
2004-01-01
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DESJONQUERES, Pascal Guillam Patrice Maris resigned
director
1999-10-06
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DESJONQUERES, Guy appointed
director
1999-08-31
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COLE, Ronald Anthony appointed
director
1999-05-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1996-05-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1994-06-28
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Company incorporated
As ADOP UK LTD.
1994-06-28
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DESJONQUERES, Pascal Guillam Patrice Maris appointed
secretary
1994-06-28
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-06-28
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-06-28
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DESJONQUERES, Herve Georges Sylvestre Marie appointed
director
1994-06-28
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DESJONQUERES, Pascal Guillam Patrice Maris appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ronald Anthony Cole Individual · British · DOB 03/1948 · age 78	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	22/12/2025
Mr Nigel Alan Foyster Individual · English · DOB 12/1950 · age 76	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	22/12/2025

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Guy Desjonqueresceased 22/12/2025· significant influence
Fadegest Saceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares

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

Incorporated1994-06-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

51 Lode Road Lode Road

Bottisham

Cambridge

CB25 9DJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-12

Last: 2025-06-28