ADC TECHNOLOGY TRAINING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03563169 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-13
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 10.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees6600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-05-01
    ➖
    SCHIMMEL, Alexander resigned
    director
  7. 2023-03-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2023-02-28
    ➖
    NEEDHAM, Marie resigned
    director
  9. 2022-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-05-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-05-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-17
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  19. 2018-10-16
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  20. 2017-05-17
    ➕
    SCHIMMEL, Alexander appointed
    director
  21. 2017-04-17
    ➕
    NEEDHAM, Marie appointed
    director
  22. 2016-04-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 2014-01-28
    ➕
    DI CROSTA, Angela appointed
    director
  24. 2012-10-28
    ➕
    MURUGANATHAN STRAUSOVA, Jana appointed
    director
  25. 2012-10-28
    ➖
    CALOIA, Giovanni resigned
    director
  26. 1998-05-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADC TECHNOLOGY TRAINING LIMITED
  27. 1998-05-13
    ➕
    DI CROSTA, Angela appointed
    secretary
  28. 1998-05-13
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ, Ashok appointed
    nominee-secretary
  29. 1998-05-13
    ➖
    BHARDWAJ, Ashok resigned
    nominee-secretary
  30. 1998-05-13
    ➕
    CALOIA, Giovanni appointed
    director
  31. 1998-05-13
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1998-05-13
    ➖
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
Mrs Angela Di Crosta
Individual · Italian · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Ms Ariene Caloia
Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/02/2017

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
Incorporated1998-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

41 Whitefriars Drive
Harrow Weald
Harrow
Middlesex
HA3 5HW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-27
Last: 2026-05-13

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DI CROSTA, Angela→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-13
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Active
DI CROSTA, Angela→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-01-28
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Active
MURUGANATHAN STRAUSOVA, Jana→
director · ~42y · appointed 2012-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BHARDWAJ, Ashok→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-05-13 · resigned 1998-05-13
Resigned
CALOIA, Giovanni→
director · ~73y · appointed 1998-05-13 · resigned 2012-10-28
Resigned
NEEDHAM, Marie→
director · ~50y · appointed 2017-04-17 · resigned 2023-02-28
Resigned
SCHIMMEL, Alexander→
director · ~38y · appointed 2017-05-17 · resigned 2023-05-01
Resigned
BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-05-13 · resigned 1998-05-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—11/04/2016—
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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-12