ADC BIOSCIENTIFIC LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03460613 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-04
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 28.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26511
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). 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 28.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 28.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 33/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
13 officers (3 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 18 | 2000 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-08-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-08-27📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-08-21➖STANYON, John Michael resignedsecretary
- 2025-08-21➖COOMBES, David Ronald resigneddirector
- 2025-08-21➖STANYON, John Michael resigneddirector
- 2025-07-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-07-08📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2025-06-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2025-06-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-06-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-06-19📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-06-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-05-14➕DANN, Marilyn Annette appointeddirector
- 2025-05-14➕DERRY, Matthew Jonathan appointeddirector
- 2025-05-14➕HILL-SMITH, Robert Derek appointeddirector
- 2025-05-14➖BONNAGE, Stephen Mark resigneddirector
- 2025-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-26📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-02-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2010-01-01➕COOMBES, David Ronald appointeddirector
- 2009-07-16➖MANN, David Edward resigneddirector
- 2008-01-24➕BONNAGE, Stephen Mark appointeddirector
- 2007-12-10➕STANYON, John Michael appointedsecretary
- 2007-12-05➖DONALDSON, Sally Ann resignedsecretary
- 2007-12-05➖DONALDSON, Sally Ann resigneddirector
- 2005-02-21➕STANYON, John Michael appointeddirector
- 1998-01-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1997-12-10➕DONALDSON, Sally Ann appointedsecretary
- 1997-12-10➖SHORT, John Richard resignedsecretary
- 1997-12-10➕DONALDSON, Sally Ann appointeddirector
- 1997-12-10➕MANN, David Edward appointeddirector
- 1997-12-10➖SHORT, John Richard resigneddirector
- 1997-12-10➖WOMACK, Michael Thomas resignednominee-director
- 1997-11-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ADC BIOSCIENTIFIC LIMITED
- 1997-11-04➕SHORT, John Richard appointedsecretary
- 1997-11-04➕SHORT, John Richard appointeddirector
- 1997-11-04➕WOMACK, Michael Thomas appointednominee-director
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
Red flags
1 med ·3 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: STANYON, John Michael resigned 2025-08-21; COOMBES, David Ronald resigned 2025-08-21; STANYON, John Michael resigned 2025-08-21
Group structure
Adc Bio Eot Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
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Adc Bio Eot Limited
Corporate parent
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ADC BIOSCIENTIFIC LIMITED
This company · 03460613
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Adc Bio Eot Limited Corporate entity | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest | 14/05/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr John Michael Stanyonceased 14/05/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mr Stephen Mark Bonnageceased 14/05/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-11-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26511 — SIC 26511
Registered office
Global House
Geddings Road
Hoddesdon
Herts
EN11 0NT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13
Officers (3 active · 10 resigned)
DANN, Marilyn Annette→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2025-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DERRY, Matthew Jonathan→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2025-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HILL-SMITH, Robert Derek→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2025-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DONALDSON, Sally Ann→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-12-10 · resigned 2007-12-05
SHORT, John Richard→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-11-04 · resigned 1997-12-10
STANYON, John Michael→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-12-10 · resigned 2025-08-21
BONNAGE, Stephen Mark→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2008-01-24 · resigned 2025-05-14
COOMBES, David Ronald→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2010-01-01 · resigned 2025-08-21
DONALDSON, Sally Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 1997-12-10 · resigned 2007-12-05
MANN, David Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · appointed 1997-12-10 · resigned 2009-07-16
SHORT, John Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 1997-11-04 · resigned 1997-12-10
STANYON, John Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2005-02-21 · resigned 2025-08-21
WOMACK, Michael Thomas→
Resignednominee-director · ~79y · appointed 1997-11-04 · resigned 1997-12-10
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 27/01/1998 | — |
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Recent filings (110 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-08-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-08
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-07-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2025-06-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-14