A D R HOMES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04424614 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-25
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.8y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-10🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-08➖ROTHWELL, Andrew resigneddirector
- 2018-06-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2018-02-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-02-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2011-09-17🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2003-04-25🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2002-09-25🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2002-09-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2002-04-25🏢Company incorporatedAs A D R HOMES LIMITED
- 2002-04-25➕ROTHWELL, David James appointedsecretary
- 2002-04-25➕ROTHWELL, David James appointeddirector
- 2002-04-25➕TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-04-25➖TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-04-25➕ROTHWELL, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2002-04-25➕COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-04-25➖COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
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 67. 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David James Rothwell Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 01/07/2016 |
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 →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
9 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
Incorporated2002-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings
Registered office
35 Thorne Road
Doncaster
DN1 2HD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last: 2026-05-17
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
ROTHWELL, David James→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROTHWELL, David James→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2002-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-25 · resigned 2002-04-25
ROTHWELL, Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2002-04-25 · resigned 2018-06-08
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-25 · resigned 2002-04-25
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/04/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 25/04/2003 | — | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 25/09/2002 | 17/09/2011 | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 10/09/2002 | — |
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Recent filings (64 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20