AMADOS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04068737 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-08
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (1 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees2000

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-06-28
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  3. 2023-06-28
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  4. 2022-06-29
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  5. 2021-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2020-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-24
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  9. 2018-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2017-06-16
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-30
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  13. 2015-09-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-08-14
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-10-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-10-01
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    ADEGBITE, Bolaji Oluwayemisi resigned
    director
  17. 2010-10-01
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    ADEGBITE, Bolaji Oluwayemisi resigned
    director
  18. 2009-09-08
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    ADEGBITE, Bolaji Oluwayemisi resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-09-08
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    ADEGBITE, Bolaji Oluwayemisi appointed
    director
  20. 2008-10-01
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    ADEGBITE, Bolaji Oluwayemisi appointed
    director
  21. 2000-09-08
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    Company incorporated
    As AMADOS LIMITED
  22. 2000-09-08
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    ADEGBITE, Adebayo Sulaiman Abayomi appointed
    director
  23. 2000-09-08
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    ADEGBITE, Bolaji Oluwayemisi appointed
    secretary
  24. 2000-09-08
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    ISLAM, Atiqual appointed
    secretary
  25. 2000-09-08
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    ISLAM, Atiqual resigned
    secretary
  26. 2000-09-08
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    ISLAM, Khadimul appointed
    director
  27. 2000-09-08
    ➖
    ISLAM, Khadimul resigned
    director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adebayo Sulaiman Abayomi Adegbite
Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Adebayo Sulaiman Abayomi Adegbiteceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares

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

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7 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
Incorporated2000-09-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

100 Austen Close
Thamesmead
London
SE28 8AZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

ADEGBITE, Adebayo Sulaiman Abayomi→
director · ~56y · appointed 2000-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADEGBITE, Bolaji Oluwayemisi→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-08 · resigned 2009-09-08
Resigned
ISLAM, Atiqual→
secretary · appointed 2000-09-08 · resigned 2000-09-08
Resigned
ADEGBITE, Bolaji Oluwayemisi→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-09-08 · resigned 2010-10-01
Resigned
ADEGBITE, Bolaji Oluwayemisi→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2010-10-01
Resigned
ISLAM, Khadimul→
director · ~55y · appointed 2000-09-08 · resigned 2000-09-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-05-24