ADICIA ACCOUNTING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05703366 · ltd · incorporated 2006-02-09
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-13.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Bookkeeping activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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 (83/100, director aged 65). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,950
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£14k
↑ 4.3% YoY
Current Assets
£389
↓ 66% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-614 | £1.6k |
| Current assets | £389 | £1.1k |
| Net assets | £-13.9k | £-14.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2016-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-18📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-02-18📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2016-02-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2016-02-01➕MARTIN, Emily Rose appointeddirector
- 2016-02-01➖MORRIS, Janet resignedsecretary
- 2015-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2006-02-09🏢Company incorporatedAs ADICIA ACCOUNTING LIMITED
- 2006-02-09➕MARTIN, Carolyn Jane appointeddirector
- 2006-02-09➕MORRIS, Janet appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Carolyn Jane Martin Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 09/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-02-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69202 — Bookkeeping activities
Registered office
47 Newtown, Potton
Sandy
Beds
SG19 2QJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MARTIN, Carolyn Jane→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2006-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MARTIN, Emily Rose→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2016-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MORRIS, Janet→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-02-09 · resigned 2016-02-01
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Recent filings (46 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-10