ADAMS MARQUEES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04445869 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-23
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 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: 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 (73/100).

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
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
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 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees1000700

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-02
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2022-05-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-05-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-05-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-05-26
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-05-31
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  18. 2002-05-31
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  19. 2002-05-24
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    MORRIS ADAMS, Catherine Marie appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-05-24
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    MORRIS ADAMS, James Egerton appointed
    director
  21. 2002-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ADAMS MARQUEES LIMITED
  22. 2002-05-23
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-05-23
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD 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.
  • +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 candidate

Strong 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

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 James Egerton Morris Adams
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting30/06/2016
Mrs Catherine Marie Morris-Adams
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016

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
Incorporated2002-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77210 — Renting and leasing of recreational and sports goods

Registered office

7a King Street
Frome
Somerset
BA11 1BH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-06
Last: 2025-05-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MORRIS ADAMS, Catherine Marie→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRIS ADAMS, James Egerton→
director · ~67y · appointed 2002-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-23 · resigned 2002-05-31
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-05-23 · resigned 2002-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
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capital · SH01
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-25