ADRIAN PADLEY MOTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04383552 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-27

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 23.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45112

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 23.8y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 23.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

72 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand

2026-05-22
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accounts · AA
2025-04-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-05-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-10-24
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PADLEY, Adrian Neil appointed
director
2019-10-24
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-03-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-12-15
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officers · TM01
2018-12-14
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PADLEY, Nicholas Carl resigned
director
2018-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2016-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-04
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-09-30
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PADLEY, Adrian Neil resigned
director
2014-09-19
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Charge satisfied #2
2002-11-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2002-09-04
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PADLEY, Raymond Walter appointed
director
2002-09-04
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PADLEY, Nicholas Carl appointed
director
2002-08-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2002-03-01
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PADLEY, Lisa appointed
secretary
2002-03-01
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-03-01
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PADLEY, Adrian Neil appointed
director
2002-03-01
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YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-02-27
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Company incorporated
As ADRIAN PADLEY MOTORS LIMITED
2002-02-27
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YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-02-27
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YORK PLACE COMPANY 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

+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 "PADLEY" — 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Raymond Walter Padley Individual · British · DOB 10/1946 · age 80	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Nicholas Carl Padleyceased 19/12/2018· significant influence

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

Incorporated2002-02-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

Station Road

Swineshead

Boston

Lincolnshire

PE20 3LP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-13

Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

PADLEY, Lisa→

secretary · appointed 2002-03-01

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Active

PADLEY, Adrian Neil→

director · ~52y · appointed 2019-10-24

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Active

PADLEY, Raymond Walter→

director · ~80y · appointed 2002-09-04

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Active

YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-27 · resigned 2002-03-01

Resigned

PADLEY, Adrian Neil→

director · ~52y · appointed 2002-03-01 · resigned 2014-09-30

Resigned

PADLEY, Nicholas Carl→

director · ~54y · appointed 2002-09-04 · resigned 2018-12-14

Resigned

YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-27 · resigned 2002-03-01

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Legal mortgage	1 property	30/11/2002	19/09/2014
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	30/08/2002	—

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