ADAPTATION DESIGN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04558652 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-10
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 15.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 15.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 15.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
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
82 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees11001100

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
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Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-08-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-08-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-08-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-08-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-03-17
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2023-03-15
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    FERRITER, Stephen John resigned
    secretary
  11. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-07
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2019-10-07
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2019-04-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2013-04-01
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    GOODHEART, David Edward appointed
    director
  20. 2011-11-01
    ➕
    GOODHEART, David George appointed
    director
  21. 2011-11-01
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    CORNISH, Arthur James resigned
    director
  22. 2011-02-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  23. 2006-12-01
    ➕
    CORNISH, Arthur James appointed
    director
  24. 2006-10-31
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    TAYLOR, Jeffrey Patrick resigned
    director
  25. 2004-05-14
    ➕
    FERRITER, Stephen John appointed
    secretary
  26. 2004-05-14
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Isobel Jane resigned
    secretary
  27. 2004-05-04
    ➕
    BLOOMSBURY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2002-10-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ADAPTATION DESIGN LIMITED
  29. 2002-10-10
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Isobel Jane appointed
    secretary
  30. 2002-10-10
    ➕
    SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-10-10
    ➖
    SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2002-10-10
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Jeffrey Patrick appointed
    director
  33. 2002-10-10
    ➕
    SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 2002-10-10
    ➖
    SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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 David George Goodheart
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence29/09/2016
Mr David Edward Goodheart
Individual · British · DOB 01/1982 · age 44
——sig. influencesignificant influence29/09/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-10-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

The Regent Suite 1 Old Court Mews
311a Chase Road
London
N14 6JS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

GOODHEART, David Edward→
director · ~44y · appointed 2013-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GOODHEART, David George→
director · ~69y · appointed 2011-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLOOMSBURY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-05-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FERRITER, Stephen John→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-14 · resigned 2023-03-15
Resigned
TAYLOR, Isobel Jane→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2004-05-14
Resigned
SEVERNSIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2002-10-10
Resigned
CORNISH, Arthur James→
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-12-01 · resigned 2011-11-01
Resigned
TAYLOR, Jeffrey Patrick→
director · ~70y · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2006-10-31
Resigned
SEVERNSIDE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2002-10-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Debenture1 property02/02/201107/10/2019

Recent filings (82 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-14