ADEN PRO-FORM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03248106 · ltd · incorporated 1996-09-10
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2023
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.6y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
83 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2023-09-30
Average employees500

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-04
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2022-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-03
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2022-02-07
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2022-02-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  10. 2022-01-04
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2022-01-04
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2021-12-23
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2021-12-23
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2021-10-13
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2021-10-13
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2021-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-06-23
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2021-06-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2020-11-12
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2020-11-12
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  21. 2018-10-11
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    Charge satisfied #2
  22. 2015-10-01
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  23. 2006-08-03
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  24. 2000-12-08
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  25. 1996-10-30
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  26. 1996-09-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADEN PRO-FORM LIMITED
  27. 1996-09-10
    ➕
    GIBSON, Grahame Phillip appointed
    secretary
  28. 1996-09-10
    ➕
    GIBSON, Dawn Catherine appointed
    director
  29. 1996-09-10
    ➕
    GIBSON, Grahame Phillip appointed
    director
  30. 1996-09-10
    ➕
    APEX COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1996-09-10
    ➖
    APEX COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1996-09-10
    ➕
    APEX NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 1996-09-10
    ➖
    APEX NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +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

86/100
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 64. 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 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Aden Pro-Form Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aden Pro-Form Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ADEN PRO-FORM LIMITED
This company · 03248106

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aden Pro-Form Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control21/12/2021
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Jade-Aden Services Holdings Limitedceased 21/12/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Grahame Phillip Gibsonceased 03/09/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
  • Mrs Dawn Catherine Gibsonceased 30/10/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-09-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

2 Winchester Place
North Street
Poole
BH15 1NX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GIBSON, Grahame Phillip→
secretary · appointed 1996-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, Dawn Catherine→
director · ~61y · appointed 1996-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, Grahame Phillip→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
APEX COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-09-10 · resigned 1996-09-10
Resigned
APEX NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-09-10 · resigned 1996-09-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property01/10/2015—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC / Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property03/08/2006—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property08/12/200011/10/2018
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Debenture1 property30/10/199607/02/2022
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Recent filings (83 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-05-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-02-07
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-01-04
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-01-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-12-23