ADARAE CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04162221 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-16

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£-24.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

71 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £24,943

Cash YoY

+0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£101

~ YoY

Net Worth

-£25k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Cash	£101	£101
Net assets	£-24.9k	£-24.9k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-12-03
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accounts · AA
2024-10-15
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accounts · AA
2024-02-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-21
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officers · CH01
2024-02-21
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officers · TM02
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2023-04-28
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officers · CH01
2023-04-28
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officers · CH01
2023-04-28
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address · AD01
2023-04-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-17
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officers · CH01
2023-04-17
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-17
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-14
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accounts · AA
2021-11-12
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accounts · AA
2020-06-04
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accounts · AA
2019-11-20
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accounts · AA
2019-03-04
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DAWSON, Deborah Ann resigned
secretary
2010-03-01
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DAWSON, Deborah Ann appointed
director
2001-02-16
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Company incorporated
As ADARAE CONSULTING LIMITED
2001-02-16
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DAWSON, Andrew Allan appointed
director
2001-02-16
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DAWSON, Deborah Ann appointed
secretary
2001-02-16
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-02-16
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 70 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Andrew Allan Dawson Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2001-02-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Oak House

Lower Broadheath

Broadheath Common

Worcestershire

WR2 6RP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-02

Last: 2026-02-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DAWSON, Andrew Allan→

director · ~69y · appointed 2001-02-16

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DAWSON, Deborah Ann→

director · ~70y · appointed 2010-03-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DAWSON, Deborah Ann→

secretary · appointed 2001-02-16 · resigned 2019-03-04

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-16 · resigned 2001-02-16

Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-03

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-21

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-02-21

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-02-21

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2024-02-21

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2023-12-22

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-04-28

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-04-28

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-04-28

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-04-17

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-04-17

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-04-17