ADEPT FABRICATIONS (HULL) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05684760 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-23

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 25990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.0y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 19.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	600	900

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-12-01
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2024-12-23
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2023-09-06
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accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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2021-12-29
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accounts · AA
2021-01-13
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2019-10-17
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accounts · AA
2018-09-14
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2017-09-08
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accounts · AA
2016-12-05
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accounts · AA
2016-02-08
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2015-12-23
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accounts · AA
2015-02-10
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2014-08-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-02-27
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mortgage · MR01
2014-02-25
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
2014-02-12
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DIXON, Martin resigned
secretary
2011-06-24
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LEAKE, Martin resigned
director
2011-01-31
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DIXON, Martin resigned
director
2007-04-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2006-01-23
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Company incorporated
As ADEPT FABRICATIONS (HULL) LIMITED
2006-01-23
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TAYLOR, Paul appointed
director
2006-01-23
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DIXON, Martin appointed
secretary
2006-01-23
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SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-01-23
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SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-01-23
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DIXON, Martin appointed
director
2006-01-23
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LEAKE, Martin appointed
director
2006-01-23
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SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-01-23
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SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED 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 20 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Taylor Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-01-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Bridge House

41 Wincolmlee

Kingston Upon Hull

HU2 8AG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-06

Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

TAYLOR, Paul→

director · ~63y · appointed 2006-01-23

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Active

DIXON, Martin→

secretary · appointed 2006-01-23 · resigned 2014-02-12

Resigned

SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-23 · resigned 2006-01-23

Resigned

DIXON, Martin→

director · ~63y · appointed 2006-01-23 · resigned 2011-01-31

Resigned

LEAKE, Martin→

director · ~63y · appointed 2006-01-23 · resigned 2011-06-24

Resigned

SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-23 · resigned 2006-01-23

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD	A registered charge	1 property	25/02/2014	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	30/04/2007	—

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