ADALID SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05118780 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-04
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£54.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
59 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 £54,135

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£54k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£54k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£11k£22k£32k£43k£54kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£54.1k£54.1k
Current assets£54.1k£54.1k
Net assets£54.1k£54.1k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-15
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  6. 2022-08-15
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  7. 2022-08-15
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  8. 2022-05-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2004-05-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ADALID SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  17. 2004-05-04
    ➕
    KEARNEY, Timothy James appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-05-04
    ➕
    KEARNEY, Marisa appointed
    director
  19. 2004-05-04
    ➕
    KEARNEY, Timothy James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 67. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Timothy James Kearney
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-05-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Flat 23 Milton Court
Sandon Road
Smethwick
B66 4AD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-15
Last: 2026-05-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

KEARNEY, Timothy James→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-04
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Active
KEARNEY, Marisa→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-05-04
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KEARNEY, Timothy James→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-05-04
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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-08
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-08-15
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2022-08-15
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2022-08-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05