ADAPT OUTDOORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04347806 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-04
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
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47721Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees464300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-01-14
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    MCLEAN, Marc Stuart resigned
    director
  4. 2025-01-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-02-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-02-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-02-01
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    MCLEAN, James appointed
    director
  18. 2013-02-01
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Michael appointed
    director
  19. 2013-02-01
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Marc Stuart appointed
    director
  20. 2002-01-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ADAPT OUTDOORS LIMITED
  21. 2002-01-04
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Majorie appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-01-04
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Glenn appointed
    director
  23. 2002-01-04
    ➕
    MCLEAN, Majorie appointed
    director
  24. 2002-01-04
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    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-01-04
    ➖
    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-01-04
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    AVIS, Christine Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 2002-01-04
    ➖
    AVIS, Christine Susan resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Glenn Mclean
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Majorie Mclean
Individual · British · DOB 01/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

Suites C,D,E,F, 14th Floor The Plaza
Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9QJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-18
Last: 2026-01-04

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

MCLEAN, Majorie→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-04
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Active
MCLEAN, Glenn→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-01-04
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Active
MCLEAN, James→
director · ~51y · appointed 2013-02-01
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Active
MCLEAN, Majorie→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-01-04
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Active
MCLEAN, Michael→
director · ~46y · appointed 2013-02-01
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Active
NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-01-04 · resigned 2002-01-04
Resigned
AVIS, Christine Susan→
nominee-director · ~62y · appointed 2002-01-04 · resigned 2002-01-04
Resigned
MCLEAN, Marc Stuart→
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-02-01 · resigned 2026-01-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-21