ADELPHI HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03886680 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-01

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 25.5y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 25.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (8 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

88 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-06-26
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accounts · AA
2026-06-01
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BAKER, Kara Ruth resigned
director
2026-06-01
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officers · TM01
2025-07-30
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-07-30
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-02-06
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mortgage · MR01
2025-02-06
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Michael Blunden
2025-02-03
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capital · SH10
2025-02-03
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capital · SH08
2025-01-31
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
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officers · AP01
2024-01-16
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CRAUFORD TAYLOR, Gavin Charles appointed
director
2023-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-03-17
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-17
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-19
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BAKER, Kara Ruth appointed
director
2021-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-07-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-07-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-07-03
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HOLROYD-SMITH, Ellen Louisa appointed
director
2020-07-03
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WILSON, Christopher John appointed
director
2019-04-17
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Santander UK PLC
2019-04-17
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-04-17
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Charge satisfied #1
2005-06-17
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COCKBURN, Peter Francis appointed
director
2005-06-17
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HOLLAND, Philomena appointed
director
2001-01-19
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2001-01-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2000-12-13
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HOLROYD, Angela Christine appointed
director
1999-12-01
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Company incorporated
As ADELPHI HOLDINGS LIMITED
1999-12-01
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HOLROYD, Angela Christine appointed
secretary
1999-12-01
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HOLROYD, Stephen Barron appointed
director
1999-12-01
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WAYNE, Harold appointed
nominee-secretary
1999-12-01
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WAYNE, Harold resigned
nominee-secretary
1999-12-01
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WAYNE, Yvonne appointed
nominee-director
1999-12-01
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WAYNE, Yvonne resigned
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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen Barron Holroyd Individual · British · DOB 01/1943 · age 83	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Angela Christine Holroyd Individual · British · DOB 05/1947 · age 79	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-12-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Olympus House

Mill Green Road

Haywards Heath

West Sussex

RH16 1XQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-08

Last: 2025-11-24