ADP PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04599354 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-25
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 22.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 1 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 (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
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
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees23002600

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
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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2018-04-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2017-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-12-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2010-06-10
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    DOLAN, Lorraine appointed
    secretary
  17. 2010-05-31
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    FILCHER, Lynne resigned
    secretary
  18. 2010-05-31
    ➖
    FILCHER, David Fred resigned
    director
  19. 2008-07-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  20. 2004-04-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  21. 2002-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ADP PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
  22. 2002-11-25
    ➕
    CORNISH, Peter Anthony appointed
    director
  23. 2002-11-25
    ➕
    INGLEDEW, Anthony appointed
    director
  24. 2002-11-25
    ➕
    FILCHER, Lynne appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-11-25
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-11-25
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    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-11-25
    ➕
    FILCHER, David Fred appointed
    director
  28. 2002-11-25
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  29. 2002-11-25
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    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Adp Precision Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Adp Precision Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ADP PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED
This company · 04599354

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Adp Precision Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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6 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
Incorporated2002-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 3 Westway Industrial Park
Throckley
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE15 9HW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

DOLAN, Lorraine→
secretary · appointed 2010-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CORNISH, Peter Anthony→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
INGLEDEW, Anthony→
director · ~52y · appointed 2002-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FILCHER, Lynne→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-25 · resigned 2010-05-31
Resigned
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-25 · resigned 2002-11-25
Resigned
FILCHER, David Fred→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-11-25 · resigned 2010-05-31
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2002-11-25 · resigned 2002-11-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Deposit agreement to secure own liabilities1 property14/07/2008—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property27/04/2004—
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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-20