ADAMSON PACKAGING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05782662 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-18
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£75.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 17219
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -45% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £75,566
Cash draining
Cash down 45% YoY
Cash YoY
-45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£11k
↓ 45% YoY
Net Worth
£76k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£80k
↓ 2.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£16k£33k£49k£66k£82kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£75.6k£68.2k
Current assets£80.1k£82.5k
Cash£11.2k£20.4k
Debtors£68.3k£61.2k
Net assets£75.6k£68.2k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  2. 2026-04-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-20
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    change-person-secretary-company
    officers · CH03
  9. 2022-06-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-06-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-07-04
    ➕
    BIRCH, Joyce appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-07-03
    ➖
    SKELLON, Sandra resigned
    secretary
  18. 2008-06-21
    ➖
    IBBOTSON, Helen resigned
    director
  19. 2008-03-31
    ➕
    SKELLON, Sandra appointed
    director
  20. 2006-04-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADAMSON PACKAGING LIMITED
  21. 2006-04-18
    ➕
    SKELLON, Sandra appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-04-18
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-04-18
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-04-18
    ➕
    IBBOTSON, Helen appointed
    director
  25. 2006-04-18
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2006-04-18
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Sandra Skellon
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2017

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
Incorporated2006-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC17219 — SIC 17219

Registered office

BEAUMONT & CO
Suite 5 Martland Mill Mart Lane
Burscough
Lancashire
L40 0SD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BIRCH, Joyce→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKELLON, Sandra→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKELLON, Sandra→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-18 · resigned 2008-07-03
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-18 · resigned 2006-04-18
Resigned
IBBOTSON, Helen→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-04-18 · resigned 2008-06-21
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-18 · resigned 2006-04-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-03
change-person-secretary-company
officers · CH03
2022-06-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28