ADEALON (GROUP LEGAL SERVICES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04027651 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-05
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
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
£12.8k
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Turnover£12.8k—
Average employees1000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2000-07-20
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    KITCHIN, Terence appointed
    director
  17. 2000-07-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ADEALON (GROUP LEGAL SERVICES) LIMITED
  18. 2000-07-05
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Manzoor appointed
    secretary
  19. 2000-07-05
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Manzoor appointed
    director
  20. 2000-07-05
    ➕
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-07-05
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    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2000-07-05
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    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-07-05
    ➖
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Manzoor Hussain
Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/07/2017
Mr Manzoor Hussain
Individual · British · DOB 11/1954 · age 72
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/07/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-07-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69109 — Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities

Registered office

Unit 10 80 Lytham Road
Fulwood
Preston
PR2 3AQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HUSSAIN, Manzoor→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-05
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Active
HUSSAIN, Manzoor→
director · ~72y · appointed 2000-07-05
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Active
KITCHIN, Terence→
director · ~82y · appointed 2000-07-20
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Active
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-07-05 · resigned 2000-07-05
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-07-05 · resigned 2000-07-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-24