ADD PEOPLE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04530060 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-09
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 10.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
PursueConservative operator with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (88/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.5y
60/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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 (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £1,770,167
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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| Profit before tax | £1.77M | — |
| Average employees | 23400 | 23600 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-04📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2025-08-01📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-07-31📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-08-01🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2023-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-datepersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-28📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2022-06-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-06-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-datepersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-30➕SPENCE, John Edward appointeddirector
- 2017-03-24➕POSKITT, Richard appointeddirector
- 2017-03-24🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Malgorzata Kudelka
- 2016-01-12➖BARTON, Russell resignedsecretary
- 2016-01-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2014-01-02➕SPENCE, John appointedsecretary
- 2009-07-29➕BARTON, Grant James appointeddirector
- 2009-07-29➖LEENEY, Martin resigneddirector
- 2004-07-01➖A R SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2002-09-10➕BARTON, Russell appointedsecretary
- 2002-09-09🏢Company incorporatedAs ADD PEOPLE LIMITED
- 2002-09-09➕A R SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2002-09-09➕LEENEY, Martin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
- 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.)
Group structure
Thrive Media Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Thrive Media Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ADD PEOPLE LIMITED
This company · 04530060
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Thrive Media Group Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 09/09/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr John Edward Spenceceased 05/08/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Grant James Bartonceased 05/08/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-09-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development
Registered office
Mitchell Charlesworth
3rd Floor, 44 Peter Street
Manchester
M2 5GP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-16
Last: 2026-05-02
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
Active
BARTON, Grant James→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2009-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
POSKITT, Richard→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2017-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SPENCE, John Edward→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2019-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BARTON, Russell→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-09-10 · resigned 2016-01-12
A R SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2002-09-09 · resigned 2004-07-01
LEENEY, Martin→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2002-09-09 · resigned 2009-07-29
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Malgorzata Kudelka / Jonathan Jay | A registered charge | — | 24/03/2017 | 01/08/2024 | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/01/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (99 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-08-04
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-08-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15