ADLENS LTD

🌳Matureactive

05288859 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-17

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 32500

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71122Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 14.3y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 14.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (8 active, 19 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

115 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	12	1000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 4 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (55 events)Click to expand

2026-05-06
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accounts · AA
2026-05-05
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officers · AP01
2026-05-01
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TOMASIC, Paul Anthony appointed
director
2026-01-19
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officers · AP01
2026-01-19
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officers · AP01
2026-01-10
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LOESEL, Frieder Hans, Dr appointed
director
2026-01-10
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NG, Sandy appointed
director
2025-12-19
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officers · AP01
2025-12-15
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STEVENS, Robert Edward, Dr appointed
director
2025-09-29
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officers · AP03
2025-09-22
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BIGNONE, Julie Ann appointed
secretary
2025-06-05
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accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
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accounts · AA
2022-07-20
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gazette · DISS40
2022-07-19
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accounts · AA
2022-07-19
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gazette · GAZ1
2021-07-11
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accounts · AA
2021-05-14
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NEPTUNE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2021-05-14
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officers · TM02
2020-11-19
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accounts · AA
2020-03-31
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officers · TM01
2020-03-23
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TANG, Hamilton Ty resigned
director
2019-08-27
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officers · CH01
2018-03-28
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MOOSA, Moosa Ebrahim resigned
secretary
2018-02-01
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CORLIN, Remi appointed
director
2018-02-01
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KENNEDY, John Patrick appointed
director
2016-09-30
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FERRARA, Michael Charles resigned
director
2015-11-11
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
2015-08-31
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MEHTA, Ashoni Kumar resigned
secretary
2015-08-31
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MOOSA, Moosa Ebrahim appointed
secretary
2014-12-31
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BUTLER, Edward Dean resigned
director
2014-12-31
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NUTTALL, Michael resigned
director
2014-03-03
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2014-02-11
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited
2014-02-03
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2013-11-20
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MEHTA, Ashoni Kumar appointed
secretary
2012-09-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Poyry Management Consultancy (UK) Limited
2012-08-21
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Charge registered #2
Lender: John (Booksellers) Limited
2012-01-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Principal, Fellows and Students of Green Templeton College in the University of Oxford
2011-09-08
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FERRARA, Michael Charles appointed
director
2009-03-18
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SILVER, Jonathan Julian resigned
director
2009-03-03
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SILVER, Joshua David, Professor resigned
director
2008-06-19
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BUTLER, Edward Dean appointed
director
2008-04-09
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SILVER, Jonathan Julian appointed
director
2007-05-23
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NUTTALL, Michael appointed
director
2007-03-20
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TANG, Hamilton Ty appointed
director
2005-04-01
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CHEN, Yue Jia James appointed
director
2005-03-15
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STOORNE INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2005-03-15
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STOORNE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low

7 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Adlens Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Adlens Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ADLENS LTD

This company · 05288859

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Adlens Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	03/05/2016

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

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-11-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32500 — SIC 32500

Registered office

Chilbrook House 1 Oasis Park

Stanton Harcourt Road

Eynsham

Oxfordshire

OX29 4TP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-10

Last: 2026-04-26