ADAMS REAL ESTATE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04278948 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-30

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

£-63.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Sector: Real estate

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 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -86% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

64 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 £63,594

Very low cash

Cash position: £95

Cash draining

Cash down 86% YoY

Cash YoY

-86%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£95

↓ 86% YoY

Net Worth

-£64k

↓ 23% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Total assets	£-63.6k	£-51.5k
Cash	£95	£682
Net assets	£-63.6k	£-51.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-05-21
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2025-09-25
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2025-06-17
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2024-04-18
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2023-06-15
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2022-10-06
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2021-08-19
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2020-10-28
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2020-10-19
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address · AD01
2019-10-25
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2018-10-30
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2017-09-29
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2016-10-24
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2001-08-30
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Company incorporated
As ADAMS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
2001-08-30
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ADAMS, Paul appointed
secretary
2001-08-30
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ADAMS, Mark appointed
director
2001-08-30
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ADAMS, Paul appointed
director
2001-08-30
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CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-08-30
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CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2001-08-30
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CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2001-08-30
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CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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

+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 "ADAMS" — 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 68 — 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 68. 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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Adams Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	01/07/2016
Mr Mark Adams Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Gary Adams Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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

Incorporated2001-08-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

Ward Mackenzie, Thatcher House

12 Mount Ephraim

Tunbridge Wells

Kent

TN4 8AS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-13

Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ADAMS, Paul→

secretary · appointed 2001-08-30

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Active

ADAMS, Mark→

director · ~61y · appointed 2001-08-30

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Active

ADAMS, Paul→

director · ~68y · appointed 2001-08-30

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Active

CHALFEN SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-30 · resigned 2001-08-30

Resigned

CHALFEN NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-30 · resigned 2001-08-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

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

accounts · AA

2026-05-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-25

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-09-25

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-09-25

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-09-25

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

accounts · AA

2025-06-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-13

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

accounts · AA

2024-04-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-13

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

accounts · AA

2023-06-15

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

accounts · AA

2022-10-06

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-09-08

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

accounts · AA

2021-08-19

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

accounts · AA

2020-10-28