ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03621786 · ltd · incorporated 1998-08-26
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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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 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
76 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 employees00

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-11
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  2. 2025-03-18
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  3. 2024-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-04-01
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    SEDDON, Jill resigned
    director
  5. 2024-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-27
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  7. 2022-03-22
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  8. 2021-06-24
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  9. 2020-03-25
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  10. 2019-03-15
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  11. 2018-09-04
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  12. 2018-03-21
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  13. 2017-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-09-08
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    officers · CH03
  16. 2016-09-08
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    officers · CH01
  17. 2006-06-23
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    GIBBINGS, Sarah Russell appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-06-23
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    GIBBINGS, Sarah Russell appointed
    director
  19. 2006-06-23
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    GOULDEN, Celia resigned
    secretary
  20. 2006-06-23
    ➖
    CAWSON, Alan, Professor resigned
    director
  21. 2006-06-23
    ➖
    GOULDEN, Celia resigned
    director
  22. 2006-06-23
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    SEDDON, Jill appointed
    director
  23. 1998-09-02
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    BREWSTER, Alan Jetson resigned
    secretary
  24. 1998-09-02
    ➕
    GOULDEN, Celia appointed
    secretary
  25. 1998-09-02
    ➖
    BREWSTER, Alan Jetson resigned
    director
  26. 1998-09-02
    ➕
    CAWSON, Alan, Professor appointed
    director
  27. 1998-09-02
    ➕
    GOULDEN, Celia appointed
    director
  28. 1998-09-02
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    HARRIS, Susan Jane resigned
    director
  29. 1998-08-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
  30. 1998-08-26
    ➕
    BREWSTER, Alan Jetson appointed
    secretary
  31. 1998-08-26
    ➕
    BREWSTER, Alan Jetson appointed
    director
  32. 1998-08-26
    ➕
    HARRIS, Susan Jane appointed
    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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Sarah Russell Gibbings
Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-08-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

13 Brunswick Square
Brighton
East Sussex
BN3 1EH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

GIBBINGS, Sarah Russell→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBBINGS, Sarah Russell→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREWSTER, Alan Jetson→
secretary · appointed 1998-08-26 · resigned 1998-09-02
Resigned
GOULDEN, Celia→
secretary · appointed 1998-09-02 · resigned 2006-06-23
Resigned
BREWSTER, Alan Jetson→
director · ~78y · appointed 1998-08-26 · resigned 1998-09-02
Resigned
CAWSON, Alan, Professor→
director · ~79y · appointed 1998-09-02 · resigned 2006-06-23
Resigned
GOULDEN, Celia→
director · ~75y · appointed 1998-09-02 · resigned 2006-06-23
Resigned
HARRIS, Susan Jane→
director · ~73y · appointed 1998-08-26 · resigned 1998-09-02
Resigned
SEDDON, Jill→
director · ~77y · appointed 2006-06-23 · resigned 2024-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

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2026-03-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
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officers · TM01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-13