ADRIAN JAMES ACOUSTICS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04615839 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-12
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). 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 1.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 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
75
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1200 | 1300 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-10-05📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-05📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-10-02📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-10-01➖INNES, Hannah Elizabeth, Doctor resignedsecretary
- 2024-10-01➖JAMES, Adrian William resigneddirector
- 2024-10-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-10-01📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-09-26➕CANE, Andrew Peter appointeddirector
- 2024-09-26➕OLDRIDGE, Andrew James appointeddirector
- 2024-09-26➕THOMPSON, Andrew David appointeddirector
- 2024-09-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-09-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-09-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-09-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-09-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hannah Elizabeth Innes
- 2023-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2002-12-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ADRIAN JAMES ACOUSTICS LIMITED
- 2002-12-12➕INNES, Hannah Elizabeth, Doctor appointedsecretary
- 2002-12-12➕TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-12-12➖TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-12-12➕JAMES, Adrian William appointeddirector
- 2002-12-12➕COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-12-12➖COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
50/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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
Aja Eot Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Aja Eot Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ADRIAN JAMES ACOUSTICS LIMITED
This company · 04615839
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aja Eot Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 26/09/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Adrian William Jamesceased 26/09/2024· 25-50% shares
- Dr Hannah Elizabeth Innesceased 26/09/2024· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-12-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Registered office
7 The Close
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 4DJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
CANE, Andrew Peter→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2024-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
OLDRIDGE, Andrew James→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2024-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THOMPSON, Andrew David→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2024-09-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
INNES, Hannah Elizabeth, Doctor→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-12-12 · resigned 2024-10-01
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-12 · resigned 2002-12-12
JAMES, Adrian William→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2002-12-12 · resigned 2024-10-01
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-12 · resigned 2002-12-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Hannah Elizabeth Innes / Adrian William James | A registered charge | — | 26/09/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (74 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-10-11
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-05
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-10-05
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-10-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-10-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-26