ADAM SIMMONS AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04746674 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-28
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
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-10-15
    ➕
    MITCHELL, Steven William appointed
    director
  3. 2025-10-15
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-06-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-25
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-06-25
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2018-06-25
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2018-06-15
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2018-06-14
    ➖
    SIMMONS, Simon resigned
    secretary
  17. 2017-08-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2003-05-20
    ➕
    SIMMONS, Adam appointed
    director
  19. 2003-05-20
    ➕
    SIMMONS, Simon appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-05-20
    ➖
    SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-05-20
    ➖
    SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-04-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADAM SIMMONS AND ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  23. 2003-04-28
    ➕
    SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-04-28
    ➕
    SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SIMMONS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Steve Mitchell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/12/2017
Mr Adam Simmons
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

S08 Innovation Way
Genesis Centre
Stoke-On-Trent
ST6 4BF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MITCHELL, Steven William→
director · ~65y · appointed 2025-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMMONS, Adam→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMMONS, Simon→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-20 · resigned 2018-06-14
Resigned
SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-28 · resigned 2003-05-20
Resigned
SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-28 · resigned 2003-05-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06