ADIPS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04785961 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-06-03

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of amusement parks and theme parks

Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (64/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

35 officers (7 active, 35 linked, 31 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

122 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31
Average employees	300

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 incorporation

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 incorporation

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (85 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2026-03-17
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officers · AP01
2026-03-17
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officers · TM01
2026-03-05
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COLQUHOUN, Alexander James appointed
director
2026-03-05
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CARROLL, Keith Stanley resigned
director
2025-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-14
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KAYES, Thomas William appointed
director
2025-03-14
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THURSTON, John resigned
director
2024-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-06
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GRANTHAM, Gary Lee appointed
director
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-07
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HIND, Paul John appointed
director
2023-07-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-08
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SCHOFIELD, Jack resigned
director
2022-10-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-06-07
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-01
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HAGEMANN, Carl appointed
secretary
2022-06-01
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CARROLL, Keith Stanley appointed
director
2022-06-01
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PARIS, Philip resigned
director
2022-02-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-01
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HILL, Marshall James Granville resigned
director
2022-01-22
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WHITE, John Spencer resigned
director
2022-01-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-06
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KELLY, Paul Gerard resigned
director
2021-10-25
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RUDDOCK, Jon Anthony resigned
secretary
2021-10-25
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-07-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-15
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NUTTER, Stephen Frederick appointed
director
2021-07-15
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HILL, Marshall James Granville appointed
director
2019-11-29
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FORD, Allan John resigned
director
2019-06-25
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NICHOLLS, Robert Frank resigned
director
2019-02-18
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THURSTON, John appointed
director
2019-02-05
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CULINE, John Clifford resigned
director
2018-06-01
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RUDDOCK, Jon Anthony appointed
secretary
2018-06-01
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DADSWELL, Douglas William resigned
director
2018-02-22
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DITCHBURN, Luke Alexander resigned
secretary
2017-11-12
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POSTLETHWAITE, Stephen Derry resigned
director
2016-01-01
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KELLY, Paul Gerard appointed
director
2016-01-01
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PARIS, Philip appointed
director
2015-12-31
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WALLIS, David resigned
director
2015-01-01
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WHITE, John Spencer appointed
director
2014-04-30
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MACLEOD MILLER, Leslie William resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2003-06-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC93210 — Activities of amusement parks and theme parks

Registered office

North East Bic Sunderland Enterprise Park East

Wearfield

Sunderland

SR5 2TA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-17

Last: 2025-06-03