ADRIAN GOODALL ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04179705 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-14
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£12.0k
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
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
66 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £11,985
Cash YoY
+34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
↑ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£12k
↑ 87% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↓ 3.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£9k£14k£18k£23kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£12.2k£6.6k
Current assets£21.9k£22.6k
Cash£18.2k£13.5k
Debtors£3.7k£9.1k
Net assets£12.0k£6.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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  2. 2024-12-11
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  3. 2023-12-27
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  4. 2022-12-22
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  5. 2021-12-06
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  6. 2020-12-03
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  7. 2019-12-20
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  8. 2018-12-06
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  9. 2017-12-20
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  10. 2016-12-12
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  11. 2016-10-04
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  12. 2016-03-14
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  13. 2015-12-17
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  14. 2015-03-17
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  15. 2014-12-19
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  16. 2001-06-18
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    GOODALL, Adrian Francis Crispin appointed
    secretary
  17. 2001-06-18
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    GOODALL, Adrian Francis Crispin appointed
    director
  18. 2001-06-18
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    ALLY, Bibi Rahima resigned
    secretary
  19. 2001-03-19
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    GOODALL, Deborah Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2001-03-19
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    COLLETT, Brian resigned
    director
  21. 2001-03-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ADRIAN GOODALL ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  22. 2001-03-14
    ➕
    ALLY, Bibi Rahima appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-03-14
    ➕
    COLLETT, Brian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GOODALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Deborah Jane Goodall
Individual · British · DOB 06/1990 · age 36
25–50%
—25-50% shares23/09/2016
Mr Adrian Francis Crispin Goodall
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2001-03-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

1st Floor, 130 High Street
Marlborough
Wiltshire
SN8 1LZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-14
Last: 2026-02-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GOODALL, Adrian Francis Crispin→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODALL, Adrian Francis Crispin→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODALL, Deborah Jane→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLY, Bibi Rahima→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-14 · resigned 2001-06-18
Resigned
COLLETT, Brian→
director · ~83y · appointed 2001-03-14 · resigned 2001-03-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
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2025-12-16
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2025-03-04
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accounts · AA
2024-12-11
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2024-03-19
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accounts · AA
2023-12-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
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accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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2022-03-10
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accounts · AA
2021-12-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09
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accounts · AA
2020-12-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-18