ADM SERVICES (UK) LTD

🌳Matureactive

05517767 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-25

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 2024

Net worth

£-7.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 84250

Sector: Public administration

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £7,387

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£7k

↓ 98% YoY

Current Assets

£35k

↓ 22% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£-5.1k	£2.5k
Current assets	£34.6k	£44.2k
Net assets	£-7.4k	£-3.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-09-29
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accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-22
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officers · CH01
2020-07-22
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-07-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-07-22
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address · AD01
2020-04-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-04-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-04-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-04-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-04-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2013-05-31
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HENDERSON, Mark appointed
director
2010-12-20
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HENDERSON, David Alan resigned
secretary
2005-07-25
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Company incorporated
As ADM SERVICES (UK) LTD
2005-07-25
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HENDERSON, Lynn appointed
director
2005-07-25
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HENDERSON, David Alan appointed
secretary
2005-07-25
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DAVID NEWTON + CO. NOMINEES (TWO) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-07-25
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DAVID NEWTON + CO. NOMINEES (TWO) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-07-25
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DAVID NEWTON + CO. NOMINEES (ONE) LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2005-07-25
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DAVID NEWTON + CO. NOMINEES (ONE) 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — 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 64. 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 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lynn Henderson Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mr Mark Henderson Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-07-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC84250 — SIC 84250

Registered office

Heritage House Murton Way

Osbaldwick

York

North Yorkshire

YO19 5UW

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-08

Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HENDERSON, Lynn→

director · ~64y · appointed 2005-07-25

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Active

HENDERSON, Mark→

director · ~60y · appointed 2013-05-31

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Active

HENDERSON, David Alan→

secretary · appointed 2005-07-25 · resigned 2010-12-20

Resigned

DAVID NEWTON + CO. NOMINEES (TWO) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-07-25 · resigned 2005-07-25

Resigned

DAVID NEWTON + CO. NOMINEES (ONE) LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2005-07-25 · resigned 2005-07-25

Resigned

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