ADAMS PERRY LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04390124 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£873
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -72% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 21.7y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £873
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,542 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 72% YoY
Cash YoY
-72%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£3k
↓ 72% YoY
Net Worth
£873
↓ 91% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 73% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-29 | 2024-03-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £873 | £132.7k |
| Current assets | £2.7k | £9.8k |
| Cash | £2.7k | £9.7k |
| Debtors | — | £100 |
| Net assets | £873 | £9.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-02-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-02-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-03-01➖RHODES, Rebecca resignedsecretary
- 2004-09-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Capital Home Loans Limited
- 2002-03-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ADAMS PERRY LIMITED
- 2002-03-08➕ADAMS, Shaun appointeddirector
- 2002-03-08➕BREWER, Suzanne appointednominee-secretary
- 2002-03-08➖BREWER, Suzanne resignednominee-secretary
- 2002-03-08➕RHODES, Rebecca appointedsecretary
- 2002-03-08➕BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointednominee-director
- 2002-03-08➖BREWER, Kevin, Dr resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "ADAMS" — 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
95/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Shaun Adams Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 08/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
59-61 Charlotte Street St Pauls Square
Birmingham
West Midlands
B3 1PX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-22
Last: 2026-03-08
Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)
ADAMS, Shaun→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2002-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BREWER, Suzanne→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-08 · resigned 2002-03-08
RHODES, Rebecca→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-03-08 · resigned 2012-03-01
BREWER, Kevin, Dr→
Resignednominee-director · ~74y · appointed 2002-03-08 · resigned 2002-03-08
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Capital Home Loans Capital Home Loans Limited | Legal charge | 1 property | 09/09/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (70 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-25