ADRIAN GREEN BUILDERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04500848 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-01

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-06-24
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accounts · AA
2025-06-12
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2024-06-28
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accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts · AA
2022-04-05
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accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts · AA
2021-03-19
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officers · TM02
2021-03-19
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accounts · AA
2021-03-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
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GREEN, Jennifer resigned
secretary
2020-12-09
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gazette · DISS40
2020-11-24
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gazette · GAZ1
2019-10-20
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2019-10-18
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officers · TM02
2019-10-18
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officers · AP03
2019-10-17
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BIGGS, Colin Leslie resigned
secretary
2019-10-17
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GREEN, Jennifer appointed
secretary
2019-10-05
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dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2019-09-03
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gazette · GAZ1
2018-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2004-02-13
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BIGGS, Colin Leslie appointed
secretary
2004-02-13
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GREEN, Valerie Jay resigned
secretary
2002-08-01
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Company incorporated
As ADRIAN GREEN BUILDERS LIMITED
2002-08-01
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GREEN, Adrian Thomas appointed
director
2002-08-01
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GREEN, Valerie Jay appointed
secretary
2002-08-01
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-01
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-08-01
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-08-01
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-08-01
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-08-01
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "GREEN" — 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 candidate

Strong 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

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Adrian Thomas Green Individual · British · DOB 07/1963 · age 63	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2002-08-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

5 Spenser Avenue

St. Marks

Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL51 7DX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-15

Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

GREEN, Adrian Thomas→

director · ~63y · appointed 2002-08-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BIGGS, Colin Leslie→

secretary · appointed 2004-02-13 · resigned 2019-10-17

Resigned

GREEN, Jennifer→

secretary · appointed 2019-10-17 · resigned 2021-03-12

Resigned

GREEN, Valerie Jay→

secretary · appointed 2002-08-01 · resigned 2004-02-13

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-01 · resigned 2002-08-01

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-01 · resigned 2002-08-01

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-01 · resigned 2002-08-01

Resigned

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