ADAMS NEWSAGENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05130464 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-18
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£55.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47620
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 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
71 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 £55,396
Net assets shrinking
Down £519 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£55k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£59k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£24k£36k£47k£59kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£55.4k£55.9k
Current assets£58.8k£59.2k
Net assets£55.4k£55.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2022-09-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2022-09-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-08-26
    ➖
    ADAMS, Mark Warren resigned
    secretary
  9. 2022-08-26
    ➖
    ADAMS, Mark Warren resigned
    director
  10. 2022-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-07-22
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    ADAMS, Nathan Mark appointed
    director
  18. 2004-07-21
    ➕
    ADAMS, Maureen Anne appointed
    director
  19. 2004-07-21
    ➕
    ADAMS, Mark Warren appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-07-21
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-07-21
    ➕
    ADAMS, Mark Warren appointed
    director
  22. 2004-07-21
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2004-05-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADAMS NEWSAGENTS LIMITED
  24. 2004-05-18
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-05-18
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +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 "ADAMS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Maureen Anne Adams
Individual · British · DOB 04/1946 · age 80
50–75%
—50-75% shares11/01/2023
Mr Nathan Mark Adams
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2004-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47620 — SIC 47620

Registered office

Church House
94 Felpham Road
Felpham
West Sussex
PO22 7PG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

ADAMS, Maureen Anne→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-07-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADAMS, Nathan Mark→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADAMS, Mark Warren→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-21 · resigned 2022-08-26
Resigned
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-18 · resigned 2004-07-21
Resigned
ADAMS, Mark Warren→
director · ~82y · appointed 2004-07-21 · resigned 2022-08-26
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-18 · resigned 2004-07-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-09-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-13