ADEPT PHB LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05737408 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-09
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 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: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 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
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-11-10
    ➕
    HEATHCOTE, Sally appointed
    director
  6. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-12-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-12-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2020-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-11-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-11-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2006-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ADEPT PHB LIMITED
  20. 2006-03-09
    ➕
    HEATHCOTE, Sally appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-03-09
    ➕
    HEATHCOTE, Simon David appointed
    director
  22. 2006-03-09
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    OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2006-03-09
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    OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2006-03-09
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    OAKLEY COMPANY FORMATION SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2006-03-09
    ➖
    OAKLEY COMPANY FORMATION SERVICES 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sally Heathcote
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting14/11/2016
Mr Simon David Heathcote
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Simon David Heathcoteceased 14/11/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Sally Heathcoteceased 14/11/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Oakley
Kidderminster Road
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 9AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HEATHCOTE, Sally→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEATHCOTE, Sally→
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-11-10
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Active
HEATHCOTE, Simon David→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-03-09
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Active
OAKLEY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-09 · resigned 2006-03-09
Resigned
OAKLEY COMPANY FORMATION SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-03-09 · resigned 2006-03-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-22
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-12-16