ADRIAN COLLINS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03550424 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-22
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£49.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £49,033

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£49k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£69k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£14k£27k£41k£55k£69kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£49.0k£44.5k
Current assets£68.7k£49.3k
Net assets£49.0k£44.5k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-01
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    address · AD01
  3. 2025-12-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-12-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-04-06
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2020-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2013-03-30
    ➖
    APPROVED SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2007-03-28
    ➖
    COLLINS, Linda Jane resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-03-28
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    APPROVED SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 1998-04-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ADRIAN COLLINS LIMITED
  20. 1998-04-22
    ➕
    COLLINS, Adrian Paul appointed
    director
  21. 1998-04-22
    ➕
    COLLINS, Linda Jane appointed
    secretary
  22. 1998-04-22
    ➕
    THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1998-04-22
    ➖
    THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1998-04-22
    ➕
    LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1998-04-22
    ➖
    LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COLLINS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Paul Collins
Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Rebecca Collins
Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-04-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Office 43, 1000 Lakeside
North Harbour
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 3EZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-22
Last: 2026-06-08

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

COLLINS, Adrian Paul→
director · ~56y · appointed 1998-04-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLLINS, Linda Jane→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-22 · resigned 2007-03-28
Resigned
APPROVED SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-03-28 · resigned 2013-03-30
Resigned
THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-04-22 · resigned 1998-04-22
Resigned
LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-04-22 · resigned 1998-04-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (82 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14