ADAM BINDER EDITIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04336894 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-10
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees300300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-06-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2024-06-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-06-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-06-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-06-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-11-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-11-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2023-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-03-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2001-12-12
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    BLOOMSBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2001-12-12
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    BLOOMSBURY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 2001-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ADAM BINDER EDITIONS LIMITED
  21. 2001-12-10
    ➕
    BINDER, Lisa appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-12-10
    ➕
    BINDER, Adam John appointed
    director
  23. 2001-12-10
    ➕
    BLOOMSBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-12-10
    ➕
    BLOOMSBURY DIRECTORS 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BINDER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mr Adam John Binder
Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/12/2016
Mrs Lisa Binder
Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/12/2016

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
Incorporated2001-12-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

St David's Court
Union Street
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 3JE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BINDER, Lisa→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-10
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Active
BINDER, Adam John→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLOOMSBURY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-10 · resigned 2001-12-12
Resigned
BLOOMSBURY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-10 · resigned 2001-12-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-06-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15