ADAPTABLE TRADING CO LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04766529 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£360.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
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
65 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £360,745

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
Net Worth
£361k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£360.7k
Cash£8.7k
Net assets£360.7k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-27
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  2. 2025-08-21
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  3. 2024-06-05
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  4. 2024-05-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-09-20
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  6. 2022-05-07
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  7. 2021-04-17
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  8. 2020-06-08
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  9. 2019-07-20
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  10. 2018-04-24
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  11. 2017-04-27
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  12. 2016-07-23
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  13. 2008-09-18
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    CAVA, Catherine Rosa appointed
    director
  14. 2008-09-18
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    DIAZ GUTIERREZ, Concepcion resigned
    director
  15. 2006-02-16
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    DIAZ GUTIERREZ, Concepcion appointed
    director
  16. 2006-02-16
    ➖
    GOODWIN, Darran David resigned
    director
  17. 2003-05-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ADAPTABLE TRADING CO LIMITED
  18. 2003-05-15
    ➕
    GOACHER, Paul David appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-05-15
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    DMCS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2003-05-15
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    DMCS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2003-05-15
    ➕
    GOODWIN, Darran David appointed
    director
  22. 2003-05-15
    ➕
    DMCS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2003-05-15
    ➖
    DMCS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul David Goacher
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · board control · significant influence · firm interest20/06/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

21 Priory Avenue
Chiswick
London
W4 1TZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GOACHER, Paul David→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAVA, Catherine Rosa→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-09-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DMCS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-05-15 · resigned 2003-05-15
Resigned
DIAZ GUTIERREZ, Concepcion→
director · ~55y · appointed 2006-02-16 · resigned 2008-09-18
Resigned
GOODWIN, Darran David→
director · ~54y · appointed 2003-05-15 · resigned 2006-02-16
Resigned
DMCS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2003-05-15 · resigned 2003-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-08-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-17