ADDISCOMBE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05197990 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-05
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
63 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-12-27
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  4. 2022-12-23
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  5. 2021-12-23
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  6. 2021-03-31
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  7. 2019-12-31
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  8. 2018-12-18
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  9. 2018-01-10
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  10. 2016-12-20
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  11. 2016-02-05
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  12. 2015-08-11
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  13. 2015-02-02
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  14. 2015-01-05
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  15. 2014-12-31
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  16. 2006-11-24
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    NICHOLLS, Jenny Belinda appointed
    secretary
  17. 2006-11-24
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    NICHOLLS, Jenny Belinda appointed
    director
  18. 2006-11-24
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    COLLINS, Kenneth Michael resigned
    director
  19. 2005-04-05
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    TREMKA CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2004-12-01
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    NICHOLLS, David John appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-12-01
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    COLLINS, Kenneth Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2004-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ADDISCOMBE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  23. 2004-08-05
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    NICHOLLS, David John appointed
    director
  24. 2004-08-05
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    TREMKA CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2004-08-05
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    TREMKA CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 2004-08-05
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    TREMKA CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 63. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David John Nicholls
Individual · British · DOB 04/1971 · age 55
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Jenny Belinda Nicholls
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-08-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis

Registered office

Titsey Estate Office
Pilgrims Lane
Oxted
Surrey
RH8 0SE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

NICHOLLS, David John→
secretary · appointed 2004-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICHOLLS, Jenny Belinda→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICHOLLS, David John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2004-08-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICHOLLS, Jenny Belinda→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-11-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TREMKA CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-08-05 · resigned 2005-04-05
Resigned
COLLINS, Kenneth Michael→
director · ~75y · appointed 2004-12-01 · resigned 2006-11-24
Resigned
TREMKA CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-08-05 · resigned 2004-08-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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2025-11-25
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2025-09-09
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2024-12-23
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2024-08-13
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2023-12-27
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2023-08-29
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2022-12-23
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2022-08-22
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2021-12-23
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2021-09-06
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2021-03-31
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2020-08-06
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2019-12-31
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2019-08-15
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accounts · AA
2018-12-18