ADORN JEWELLERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04023265 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-23
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47770
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
70 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£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees400400

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2018-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-18
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-07-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2002-09-27
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    SUTCLIFFE, Katherine Jane appointed
    director
  18. 2002-09-27
    ➖
    FRANCIS, Marian resigned
    director
  19. 2000-06-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ADORN JEWELLERS LIMITED
  20. 2000-06-23
    ➕
    SUTCLIFFE, Katherine Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-06-23
    ➕
    SUTCLIFFE, David Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2000-06-23
    ➕
    FORBES SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2000-06-23
    ➖
    FORBES SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2000-06-23
    ➕
    FRANCIS, Marian appointed
    director
  25. 2000-06-23
    ➕
    FORBES NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 2000-06-23
    ➖
    FORBES NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mr David Michael Sutcliffe
Individual · English · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares26/06/2018
Katherine Jane Sutcliffe
Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/06/2018

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
Incorporated2000-06-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47770 — SIC 47770

Registered office

155 High Street
New Malden
Surrey
KT3 4BH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-07
Last: 2025-06-23

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SUTCLIFFE, Katherine Jane→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUTCLIFFE, David Michael→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUTCLIFFE, Katherine Jane→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORBES SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-06-23 · resigned 2000-06-23
Resigned
FRANCIS, Marian→
director · ~71y · appointed 2000-06-23 · resigned 2002-09-27
Resigned
FORBES NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2000-06-23 · resigned 2000-06-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-11