ADVANCED DIGITAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY LTD

🌳Matureactive
05778100 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-11
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 20.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46520
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-30
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  3. 2023-12-30
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  4. 2022-12-30
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  5. 2021-12-20
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  6. 2021-05-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-12
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  9. 2018-12-22
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  10. 2017-12-30
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  11. 2016-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
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  12. 2016-04-18
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  13. 2015-12-24
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  14. 2015-04-26
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  15. 2014-12-30
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  16. 2008-06-25
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    MCCORD, Gordon John appointed
    director
  17. 2006-05-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2006-04-12
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    MCCORD, Gordon John appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-04-12
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    RICKARD, Stephen appointed
    director
  20. 2006-04-12
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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  21. 2006-04-12
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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  22. 2006-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED DIGITAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY LTD
  23. 2006-04-11
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    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-04-11
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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
Mr Gordon John Mccord
Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/04/2017
Mr Stephen Rickard
Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares11/04/2017

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
Incorporated2006-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

100 Swanwick Lane
Swanwick
Southampton
SO31 7HA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCCORD, Gordon John→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-12
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MCCORD, Gordon John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-06-25
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Active
RICKARD, Stephen→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-04-12
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Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2006-04-12
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2006-04-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property25/05/2006—
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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-12