ADDFROST MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03643797 · ltd · incorporated 1998-10-05
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35300
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 26.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.4 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 (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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees400400

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2023-09-08
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    FROST, Samual appointed
    director
  5. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2021-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2020-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-25
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-10-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-10-10
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-10-10
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    officers · TM02
  17. 2014-03-20
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    ADDERLEY, Derek William resigned
    secretary
  18. 2014-03-20
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    ADDERLEY, Derek William resigned
    director
  19. 1999-11-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  20. 1998-10-10
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    FROST, Duncan John appointed
    director
  21. 1998-10-10
    ➕
    ADDERLEY, Derek William appointed
    secretary
  22. 1998-10-10
    ➕
    ADDERLEY, Derek William appointed
    director
  23. 1998-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ADDFROST MAINTENANCE SERVICES LIMITED
  24. 1998-10-05
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    JPCORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-10-05
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    JPCORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-10-05
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    JPCORD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1998-10-05
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    JPCORD 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FROST" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — FROST, Samual (same surname) appointed 2023-09-08. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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.
  • 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
Mr Duncan John Frost
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares10/06/2016

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
Incorporated1998-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

348 Gospel Lane
Olton
Solihull
West Midlands
B27 7AJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

FROST, Duncan John→
director · ~66y · appointed 1998-10-10
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Active
FROST, Samual→
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-09-08
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Active
ADDERLEY, Derek William→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-10 · resigned 2014-03-20
Resigned
JPCORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-10-05 · resigned 1998-10-05
Resigned
ADDERLEY, Derek William→
director · ~82y · appointed 1998-10-10 · resigned 2014-03-20
Resigned
JPCORD LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-10-05 · resigned 1998-10-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property15/11/1999—
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Recent filings (71 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-29