AD PLASTICS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04792555 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 22210
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 22290SIC 22290
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 2 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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.

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£198k£397k£595k£793k£992kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets—£761.9k
Current assets—£991.5k
Cash—£813.0k
Debtors—£168.4k
Net assets—£747.5k
Average employees900—

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2022-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-06-25
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-07-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2005-06-20
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    SIDHU, Gurdev appointed
    director
  18. 2005-03-08
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    SIDHU, Darshan Singh resigned
    director
  19. 2004-06-21
    ➕
    SIDHU, Rajwinder Singh appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-06-21
    ➖
    BIRING, Ajit Singh, Mr. resigned
    secretary
  21. 2003-09-15
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    SIDHU, Rajwinder Singh appointed
    director
  22. 2003-06-11
    ➕
    BIRING, Ajit Singh, Mr. appointed
    director
  23. 2003-06-11
    ➕
    BIRING, Ajit Singh, Mr. appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-06-11
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-06-11
    ➕
    SIDHU, Darshan Singh appointed
    director
  26. 2003-06-11
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-06-09
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    Company incorporated
    As AD PLASTICS LTD
  28. 2003-06-09
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-06-09
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Ajit Singh Biring
Individual · British · DOB 09/1939 · age 87
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/06/2017
Mrs Gurdev Sidhu
Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control09/06/2017

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
Incorporated2003-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC22210 — SIC 22210

Registered office

13 Willow Road
Poyle Trading Estate
Colnebrook
Slough
SL3 0BS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-23
Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

SIDHU, Rajwinder Singh→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIRING, Ajit Singh, Mr.→
director · ~87y · appointed 2003-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIDHU, Gurdev→
director · ~74y · appointed 2005-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIDHU, Rajwinder Singh→
director · ~46y · appointed 2003-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIRING, Ajit Singh, Mr.→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-11 · resigned 2004-06-21
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-09 · resigned 2003-06-11
Resigned
SIDHU, Darshan Singh→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-06-11 · resigned 2005-03-08
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-09 · resigned 2003-06-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-10