ADRIAN MATTHEW BUILDERS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

03165656 · ltd · incorporated 1996-02-28

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

69 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.

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	2025-02-28	2024-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-11-21
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2022-11-21
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2021-10-27
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2021-01-27
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2019-11-27
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2018-11-28
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2017-11-30
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2016-10-19
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2016-03-26
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2015-11-25
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2015-03-28
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annual-return · AR01
2004-04-10
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BAILEY, Matthew James appointed
secretary
2004-04-10
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BAILEY, Matthew James appointed
director
2004-03-01
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BAILEY, Adrian Frederick resigned
secretary
2004-03-01
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BAILEY, Adrian Frederick resigned
director
1996-02-28
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Company incorporated
As ADRIAN MATTHEW BUILDERS LTD.
1996-02-28
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BAILEY, David appointed
director
1996-02-28
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BAILEY, Adrian Frederick appointed
secretary
1996-02-28
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-02-28
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-02-28
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BAILEY, Adrian Frederick appointed
director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 76 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
Mr David Bailey Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	12/06/2016

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

Incorporated1996-02-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

68 Beccles Road

Bradwell

Great Yarmouth

Norfolk

NR31 8HF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-14

Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BAILEY, Matthew James→

secretary · appointed 2004-04-10

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Active

BAILEY, David→

director · ~76y · appointed 1996-02-28

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Active

BAILEY, Matthew James→

director · ~44y · appointed 2004-04-10

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Active

BAILEY, Adrian Frederick→

secretary · appointed 1996-02-28 · resigned 2004-03-01

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-02-28 · resigned 1996-02-28

Resigned

BAILEY, Adrian Frederick→

director · ~57y · appointed 1996-02-28 · resigned 2004-03-01

Resigned

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