A D WOODLEY ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05398874 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-19
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.4y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-12
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    WOODLEY, Wendy Ann resigned
    director
  2. 2026-02-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  8. 2022-03-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-17
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2020-03-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2019-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-03-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-03-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-10-25
    ➕
    WHEATLEY, Ian James appointed
    director
  20. 2013-03-19
    ➖
    BECKETT, Merriel Ann resigned
    secretary
  21. 2013-03-19
    ➖
    BECKETT, Merriel Ann resigned
    director
  22. 2007-11-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  23. 2005-11-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  24. 2005-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As A D WOODLEY ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  25. 2005-03-19
    ➕
    WOODLEY, John Cyril appointed
    director
  26. 2005-03-19
    ➕
    WOODLEY, Stephen John appointed
    director
  27. 2005-03-19
    ➕
    BECKETT, Merriel Ann appointed
    secretary
  28. 2005-03-19
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2005-03-19
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2005-03-19
    ➕
    BECKETT, Merriel Ann appointed
    director
  31. 2005-03-19
    ➕
    WOODLEY, Wendy Ann appointed
    director
  32. 2005-03-19
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 2005-03-19
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WOODLEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Group structure

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

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Adwent Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A D WOODLEY ENTERPRISES LIMITED
This company · 05398874

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Adwent Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2005-03-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

3mc Middlemarch Business Park
Siskin Drive
Coventry
West Midlands
CV3 4FJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

WHEATLEY, Ian James→
director · ~41y · appointed 2015-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOODLEY, John Cyril→
director · ~82y · appointed 2005-03-19
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Active
WOODLEY, Stephen John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BECKETT, Merriel Ann→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-19 · resigned 2013-03-19
Resigned
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-03-19 · resigned 2005-03-19
Resigned
BECKETT, Merriel Ann→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-03-19 · resigned 2013-03-19
Resigned
WOODLEY, Wendy Ann→
director · ~82y · appointed 2005-03-19 · resigned 2026-02-12
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-03-19 · resigned 2005-03-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property05/11/2007—
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Legal mortgage1 property28/11/200517/03/2020
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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-03-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-09