ADEPT CARE & EDUCATION LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05660070 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-21
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.
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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: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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: high (80/100)

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

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees0100

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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  2. 2024-11-06
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  3. 2023-12-13
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  4. 2022-11-07
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  5. 2022-03-02
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  6. 2022-03-01
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    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2021-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-13
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  9. 2020-12-21
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  10. 2020-01-02
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  11. 2018-12-14
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  12. 2017-12-30
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  13. 2016-12-20
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  14. 2016-01-08
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  15. 2016-01-08
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-05-14
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    SHUTE, Janis Kay, Dr appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-05-14
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    MACINTYRE HUDSON LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2007-12-21
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    BIRKETTS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2007-12-21
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    MACINTYRE HUDSON LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2007-10-02
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    SHORT, Adrian John appointed
    director
  21. 2007-10-02
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    BIRKETTS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2005-12-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ADEPT CARE & EDUCATION LIMITED
  23. 2005-12-21
    ➕
    BIRKETTS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2005-12-21
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    BIRKETTS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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
Mr Adrian John Short
Individual · British · DOB 06/1947 · age 79
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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
Incorporated2005-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Trinity Court
2-4 West Street
Fareham
PO16 0BH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-11
Last: 2025-11-27

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SHUTE, Janis Kay, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHORT, Adrian John→
director · ~79y · appointed 2007-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BIRKETTS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-12-21 · resigned 2007-12-21
Resigned
MACINTYRE HUDSON LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-12-21 · resigned 2008-05-14
Resigned
BIRKETTS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-12-21 · resigned 2007-10-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2025-12-08
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2025-11-19
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2024-12-02
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2024-11-06
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2024-01-02
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accounts · AA
2023-12-13
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2023-01-05
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2022-11-07
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gazette · DISS40
2022-03-02
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gazette · GAZ1
2022-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
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address · AD01
2021-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-21