ADEPT LOGISTICS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05142173 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-01
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (78/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 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
55 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
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-08-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-07-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-03-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-09-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2016-06-07
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-06-07
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2016-06-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2016-06-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2015-07-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-05-17
    ➖
    NICHOLSON, Stephen Paul resigned
    secretary
  18. 2004-06-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADEPT LOGISTICS LIMITED
  19. 2004-06-01
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Adrian Bruce appointed
    director
  20. 2004-06-01
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-06-01
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-06-01
    ➕
    NICHOLSON, Stephen Paul appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-06-01
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  24. 2004-06-01
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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 Adrian Bruce Williams
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services · TR postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
A FRESH IDEA LTD→
10904765 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————8y——
A J HOWES DESIGN LTD→
12166498 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
ABBOTSWOOD TAXATION AND ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LIMITED→
08425589 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
————13y——
ABBOTTS EVENT HIRE LTD→
12117267 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
ABSOLUTE CANVAS LIMITED→
10605190 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————9y——
ACR RECRUITMENT & TRAINING LTD→
09841270 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
————10y——
ACTORBANK LTD→
08361717 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
————13y——
ADDE (REDDITCH) HOLDINGS LIMITED→
07210822 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
————16y——
ADDITION ACCOUNTANTS PENZANCE LIMITED→
13281397 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————5y——
ADEPT DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED→
02125149 · est 1987 · no financials extracted
————38y——
ADM MABE SERVICES LIMITED→
16203716 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ADVANCE CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD→
12416239 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————6y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-06-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

16 Bar Terrace
Falmouth
Cornwall
TR11 4BP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Adrian Bruce→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-01 · resigned 2004-06-01
Resigned
NICHOLSON, Stephen Paul→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-01 · resigned 2010-05-17
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2004-06-01 · resigned 2004-06-01
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-03-31