ADINVALE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04239647 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-22

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£26.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

65 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

Positive net assets

Net assets £26,047

Cash YoY

+33%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£37k

↑ 33% YoY

Net Worth

£26k

↑ 27% YoY

Current Assets

£44k

↑ 23% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£26.1k	£20.7k
Current assets	£44.3k	£35.9k
Cash	£36.6k	£27.6k
Debtors	£7.7k	£8.3k
Net assets	£26.0k	£20.6k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-02-17
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2024-08-12
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accounts · AA
2024-03-25
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accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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accounts · AA
2022-02-10
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accounts · AA
2021-05-04
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accounts · AA
2020-02-27
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accounts · AA
2019-03-25
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accounts · AA
2018-03-20
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accounts · AA
2017-06-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-06-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-11-24
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accounts · AA
2016-07-13
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-22
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accounts · AA
2015-07-21
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annual-return · AR01
2001-06-27
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CLARK, Linda Cheryl appointed
secretary
2001-06-27
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CLARK, Roy Edward appointed
director
2001-06-27
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-06-27
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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2001-06-22
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Company incorporated
As ADINVALE LIMITED
2001-06-22
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-06-22
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Roy Edward Clark Individual · British · DOB 03/1950 · age 76	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Linda Cheryl Clark Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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

Incorporated2001-06-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Dukes Court

Bognor Road

Chichester

West Sussex

PO19 8FX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-17

Last: 2026-06-03

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CLARK, Linda Cheryl→

secretary · appointed 2001-06-27

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Active

CLARK, Roy Edward→

director · ~76y · appointed 2001-06-27

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-22 · resigned 2001-06-27

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-22 · resigned 2001-06-27

Resigned

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