ADEPT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04060616 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-22

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.7y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 28/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (7 active, 17 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

148 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	39	3300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
2025-09-09
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address · AD01
2025-04-24
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-04-24
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incorporation · MA
2025-04-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
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officers · TM01
2025-04-08
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capital · SH01
2025-04-02
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BAKER, Philip Andrew appointed
director
2025-04-02
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ETHELSTON, Edward Philip appointed
director
2025-04-02
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O'HICKEY, Adrian William appointed
director
2025-04-02
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PRICE, Jolyon Robert Mark appointed
director
2025-04-02
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HAMMOND, Jamie William resigned
secretary
2025-04-02
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DAVIES, Gwilym Michael resigned
director
2025-04-02
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HAMMOND, Jamie resigned
director
2025-03-14
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mortgage · MR04
2025-03-14
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-11-08
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capital · SH01
2024-09-17
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accounts · AA
2014-11-27
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HAMMOND, Jamie William appointed
secretary
2014-11-27
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NEWTON, Andrew John, Dr resigned
secretary
2008-07-15
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AUSTIN, Simon Antony, Professor resigned
director
2008-02-26
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JONES, Claire Frances, Dr resigned
secretary
2008-02-26
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NEWTON, Andrew John, Dr appointed
secretary
2008-01-01
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DAVIES, Gwilym Michael appointed
director
2007-10-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2005-01-01
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STEELE, John Leslie, Dr appointed
director
2005-01-01
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WASKETT, Paul, Dr. appointed
director
2005-01-01
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HAMMOND, Jamie appointed
director
2004-07-20
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JONES, Claire Frances, Dr appointed
secretary
2004-07-01
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DERBYSHIRE, Joanne resigned
secretary
2003-09-01
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BALDWIN, Andrew Noel, Professor resigned
director
2002-07-13
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NEWTON, Andrew John, Dr appointed
director
2000-08-22
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Company incorporated
As ADEPT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2000-08-22
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DERBYSHIRE, Joanne appointed
secretary
2000-08-22
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-08-22
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-08-22
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AUSTIN, Simon Antony, Professor appointed
director

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Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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.)

Group structure

Rise Bidco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Rise Bidco Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ADEPT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

This company · 04060616

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Rise Bidco Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	02/04/2025

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Dr Andrew John Newtonceased 02/04/2025· significant influence
Dr John Steeleceased 02/04/2025· significant influence
Mr Jamie William Hammondceased 02/04/2025· significant influence
Mr Paul Waskettceased 02/04/2025· significant influence

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2000-08-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

The Cowyards Blenheim Park

Oxford Road

Woodstock

OX20 1QR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-02

Last: 2025-08-19