ADRIANA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04198280 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-11
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£1.54M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 22.5y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (2 active, 15 linked, 8 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,544,961
Cash YoY
-13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£233k
↓ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£1.5m
↑ 3.8% YoY
Current Assets
£525k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£309k£618k£927k£1.2m£1.5mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£2.42M£2.43M
Current assets£524.8k£604.4k
Cash£233.2k£266.9k
Debtors£287.4k£333.3k
Net assets£1.54M£1.49M

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (54 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-28
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  2. 2024-06-28
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  3. 2023-10-27
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    HARPER SHELDON LIMITED resigned
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  6. 2023-10-27
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  7. 2023-05-25
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  8. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2020-06-30
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  11. 2020-06-30
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  12. 2020-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2020-04-06
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    MCHATTIE, Robert Gwynfor resigned
    director
  14. 2020-04-06
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    MCHATTIE, Valerie Ethel resigned
    director
  15. 2019-11-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-11-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-09-09
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    MCHATTIE, Stuart resigned
    director
  18. 2019-09-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2019-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-05-02
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  21. 2018-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2018-03-28
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    LE RICHE, Nicholas resigned
    director
  23. 2016-05-26
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    LE RICHE, Philip appointed
    director
  24. 2016-05-26
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    LE RICHE, Nicholas appointed
    director
  25. 2016-05-26
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    MCHATTIE, Stuart appointed
    director
  26. 2015-04-15
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    WG SOLUTIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2012-06-12
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    MCHATTIE, Scott Ellis appointed
    director
  28. 2011-11-01
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    HARPER SHELDON LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  29. 2009-07-09
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    Charge satisfied #4
  30. 2009-07-09
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    Charge satisfied #2
  31. 2008-11-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  32. 2007-12-21
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  33. 2007-12-07
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  34. 2007-11-07
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    JONES, David Leighton resigned
    secretary
  35. 2007-11-07
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    WG SOLUTIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  36. 2007-11-07
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    JONES, David Leighton resigned
    director
  37. 2006-05-31
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    JONES, David Leighton appointed
    secretary
  38. 2006-05-31
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    MUSTOE, Raymond John resigned
    secretary
  39. 2006-05-31
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    MUSTOE, Raymond John resigned
    director
  40. 2003-11-17
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
  41. 2003-11-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
  42. 2003-11-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Paul Graham Astbury & David Leighton Jones as Trustees of D L Jones (Anchorage) Settlement
  43. 2001-05-02
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    MUSTOE, Raymond John appointed
    secretary
  44. 2001-05-02
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  45. 2001-05-02
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    JONES, David Leighton appointed
    director
  46. 2001-05-02
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    MCHATTIE, Robert Gwynfor appointed
    director
  47. 2001-05-02
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    MCHATTIE, Valerie Ethel appointed
    director
  48. 2001-05-02
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    MUSTOE, Raymond John appointed
    director
  49. 2001-05-02
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    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  50. 2001-05-02
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
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Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

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

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Adriana Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ADRIANA LIMITED
This company · 04198280

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Adriana Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting02/11/2016

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

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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
Incorporated2001-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

The Priory Nursing Home
Llandogo
Monmouth
Gwent
NP25 4TP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (2 active · 13 resigned)

LE RICHE, Philip→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-05-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCHATTIE, Scott Ellis→
director · ~60y · appointed 2012-06-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, David Leighton→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-31 · resigned 2007-11-07
Resigned
MUSTOE, Raymond John→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-02 · resigned 2006-05-31
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-11 · resigned 2001-05-02
Resigned
HARPER SHELDON LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-11-01 · resigned 2023-10-27
Resigned
WG SOLUTIONS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-07 · resigned 2015-04-15
Resigned
JONES, David Leighton→
director · ~73y · appointed 2001-05-02 · resigned 2007-11-07
Resigned
LE RICHE, Nicholas→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-05-26 · resigned 2018-03-28
Resigned
MCHATTIE, Robert Gwynfor→
director · ~81y · appointed 2001-05-02 · resigned 2020-04-06
Resigned
MCHATTIE, Stuart→
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-05-26 · resigned 2019-09-09
Resigned
MCHATTIE, Valerie Ethel→
director · ~84y · appointed 2001-05-02 · resigned 2020-04-06
Resigned
MUSTOE, Raymond John→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-05-02 · resigned 2006-05-31
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-11 · resigned 2001-05-02
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-04-11 · resigned 2001-05-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property21/12/2007—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property07/12/2007—
satisfied
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
Legal charge1 property17/11/200309/07/2009
satisfied
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland
Debenture1 property17/11/200309/07/2009
satisfied
Paul Graham Astbury & David Leighton Jones as Trustees of D L Jones (Anchorage) Settlement
Legal charge1 property17/11/200326/11/2008
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Recent filings (98 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-30