ADM RISK, REGULATION & STRATEGY LTD

💤Zombieactive
05351081 · ltd · incorporated 2005-02-03
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 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. 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 (75/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Average employees1100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-11-20
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  3. 2023-11-13
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  4. 2022-09-14
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  5. 2021-10-13
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  6. 2021-01-28
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  7. 2020-02-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2019-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2018-11-21
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  10. 2018-04-30
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-04-27
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    address · AD01
  12. 2017-11-20
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  13. 2016-11-16
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  14. 2016-02-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-02-15
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    officers · TM02
  16. 2016-02-12
    S.C.R. SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2005-10-19
    CKP SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2005-10-19
    S.C.R. SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2005-02-04
    MILLAR, Anita Dorothy appointed
    director
  20. 2005-02-04
    CKP SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2005-02-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ADM RISK, REGULATION & STRATEGY LTD
  22. 2005-02-03
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-02-03
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-02-03
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2005-02-03
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Ms Anita Dorothy Millar
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
75100%
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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7 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
Incorporated2005-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Flat A
15 St. Albans Grove
London
W8 5BP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

MILLAR, Anita Dorothy
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-02-04
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Active
CKP SECRETARIAL LTD
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-02-04 · resigned 2005-10-19
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-02-03 · resigned 2005-02-03
Resigned
S.C.R. SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-10-19 · resigned 2016-02-12
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-02-03 · resigned 2005-02-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-18