A.D.G. HOME CENTER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03384433 · ltd · incorporated 1997-06-10

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

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

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£525.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). 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

1 live charge · oldest 22.0y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 22.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £525,164

Net assets shrinking

Down £40,132 YoY

Cash YoY

-18%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£160k

↓ 18% YoY

Net Worth

£525k

↓ 7.1% YoY

Current Assets

£187k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£526.5k	£576.1k
Current assets	£187.4k	£245.9k
Cash	£160.1k	£195.3k
Debtors	£18.7k	£43.5k
Net assets	£525.2k	£565.3k

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

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-01-26
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2001-10-16
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CONNELLY, Grenville William appointed
director
1997-06-10
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Company incorporated
As A.D.G. HOME CENTER LIMITED
1997-06-10
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CONNELLY, Diane appointed
secretary
1997-06-10
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CONNELLY, Andrew Richard appointed
director
1997-06-10
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CONNELLY, Diane appointed
director
1997-06-10
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BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-06-10
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BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-06-10
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DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-06-10
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DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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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

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Andrew Richard Connelly Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	26/05/2016
Diane Connelly Individual · British · DOB 04/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	26/05/2016
Mr Grenville William Connelly Individual · English · DOB 06/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	26/05/2016

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

Incorporated1997-06-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

470 Hucknall Road

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire

NG5 1FX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-08

Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

CONNELLY, Diane→

secretary · appointed 1997-06-10

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Active

CONNELLY, Andrew Richard→

director · ~62y · appointed 1997-06-10

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Active

CONNELLY, Diane→

director · ~72y · appointed 1997-06-10

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Active

CONNELLY, Grenville William→

director · ~74y · appointed 2001-10-16

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Active

BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-06-10 · resigned 1997-06-10

Resigned

DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-06-10 · resigned 1997-06-10

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Legal mortgage	1 property	17/05/2004	—

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