ADLIN DESIGNS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03580330 · ltd · incorporated 1998-06-12
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 19.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£4.29M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14132
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 19.8y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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 (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £4,287,808
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£4.3m
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.29M | £4.23M |
| Current assets | £1.51M | £1.50M |
| Net assets | £4.29M | £4.23M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2021-04-26📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2021-02-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2021-02-04📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-08-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2020-08-31📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-02-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2020-02-05📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2019-11-13📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2018-10-09➖GILHAWLEY, Cyril resignedsecretary
- 2015-02-02➖GRIFFITHS, Janette Pamela resigneddirector
- 2009-09-01➕SHARMA, Linda appointeddirector
- 2007-12-31➖MAGNUSZEWSKA, Ella resigneddirector
- 2006-08-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2000-02-29➖RALLEY, Debbie resigneddirector
- 1998-09-08➕GRIFFITHS, Janette Pamela appointeddirector
- 1998-09-08➕MAGNUSZEWSKA, Ella appointeddirector
- 1998-09-08➕RALLEY, Debbie appointeddirector
- 1998-07-16➕SHARMA, Paul appointeddirector
- 1998-07-16➕GILHAWLEY, Cyril appointedsecretary
- 1998-07-16➖TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-07-16➖TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1998-06-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ADLIN DESIGNS LIMITED
- 1998-06-12➕TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1998-06-12➕TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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| ALL CHARGED UP LTD→ 14467683 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ALL GLOBAL SALE LTD→ 14424039 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-06-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC14132 — SIC 14132
Registered office
14 Hanway Place
London
W1T 1HD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16
Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)
SHARMA, Linda→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2009-09-01
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SHARMA, Paul→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 1998-07-16
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GILHAWLEY, Cyril→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-07-16 · resigned 2018-10-09
TEMPLES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 1998-07-16
GRIFFITHS, Janette Pamela→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 1998-09-08 · resigned 2015-02-02
MAGNUSZEWSKA, Ella→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 1998-09-08 · resigned 2007-12-31
RALLEY, Debbie→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 1998-09-08 · resigned 2000-02-29
TEMPLES (PROFESSIONAL SERVICES) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-06-12 · resigned 1998-07-16
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee & debenture | 1 property | 08/08/2006 | — |
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Recent filings (112 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2021-04-26
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2021-04-26