ADAPTIVE RISK TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04478292 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-05
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 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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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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. 2026-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-07-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-07-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2023-06-30
    ➖
    GENN, Alexis Aaron resigned
    secretary
  8. 2023-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2016-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-07-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ADAPTIVE RISK TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  18. 2002-07-05
    ➕
    PASSMAN, Maurice, Dr appointed
    director
  19. 2002-07-05
    ➕
    GENN, Alexis Aaron appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-07-05
    ➕
    MORGAN WEBSTER LAWRIE (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2002-07-05
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    MORGAN WEBSTER LAWRIE (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2002-07-05
    ➕
    MWL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2002-07-05
    ➖
    MWL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 66 — 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 66. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Maurice Passman
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2002-07-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

C/O Jt Accounts Limited
9 Woodgrange Avenue
Enfield
EN1 1EW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PASSMAN, Maurice, Dr→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GENN, Alexis Aaron→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-05 · resigned 2023-06-30
Resigned
MORGAN WEBSTER LAWRIE (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-07-05 · resigned 2002-07-05
Resigned
MWL DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-07-05 · resigned 2002-07-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-31