ADL SMARTCARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04456225 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-07
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
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
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
  • 86900Other human health activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 23.8y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
73 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees141300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2026-04-13
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    FARR, Linda Rosemary resigned
    secretary
  3. 2026-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-07
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  10. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-08-09
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    Charge satisfied #2
  18. 2008-07-19
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  19. 2008-06-21
    ➕
    DUNIGAN, Robert Mcarthur appointed
    director
  20. 2008-06-20
    ➖
    ELLIS WINKFIELD, Fiona resigned
    director
  21. 2008-06-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  22. 2003-11-04
    ➕
    ELLIS WINKFIELD, Fiona appointed
    director
  23. 2002-09-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  24. 2002-07-26
    ➕
    FARR, Linda Rosemary appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-07-26
    ➖
    GORE, Peter Geoffrey, Professor resigned
    secretary
  26. 2002-07-26
    ➖
    GORE, Sarah Ann resigned
    director
  27. 2002-06-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADL SMARTCARE LIMITED
  28. 2002-06-07
    ➕
    GORE, Peter Geoffrey, Professor appointed
    director
  29. 2002-06-07
    ➕
    GORE, Peter Geoffrey, Professor appointed
    secretary
  30. 2002-06-07
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-06-07
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2002-06-07
    ➕
    GORE, Sarah Ann appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 79 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sarah Ann Gore
Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/07/2021
Professor Peter Geoffrey Gore
Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Electric Works Sheffield Digital Campus
3 Concourse Way
Sheffield
S1 2BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-21
Last: 2026-06-07

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

DUNIGAN, Robert Mcarthur→
director · ~79y · appointed 2008-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GORE, Peter Geoffrey, Professor→
director · ~68y · appointed 2002-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARR, Linda Rosemary→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-26 · resigned 2026-04-13
Resigned
GORE, Peter Geoffrey, Professor→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-07 · resigned 2002-07-26
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-07 · resigned 2002-06-07
Resigned
ELLIS WINKFIELD, Fiona→
director · ~63y · appointed 2003-11-04 · resigned 2008-06-20
Resigned
GORE, Sarah Ann→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-06-07 · resigned 2002-07-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property12/06/200809/08/2012
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture deed1 property25/09/200219/07/2008

Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-25