ADMAC GRIP SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05797920 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-27
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒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 professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 77390Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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, 2 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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 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 employees200200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-07-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-07-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-07-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-07-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-05-10
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2023-04-27
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    MCCARTHY, Cynthia Maureen resigned
    secretary
  11. 2022-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-08-18
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  13. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-07-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2018-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-04-25
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    MCCARTHY, Rhian appointed
    director
  19. 2007-05-23
    ➕
    MCCARTHY, Cynthia Maureen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-05-23
    ➖
    MEGYERI, Veronika resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-04-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ADMAC GRIP SERVICES LIMITED
  22. 2006-04-27
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    MCCARTHY, Adrian Simon appointed
    director
  23. 2006-04-27
    ➕
    MEGYERI, Veronika appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-04-27
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    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2006-04-27
    ➖
    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2006-04-27
    ➕
    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2006-04-27
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    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 66 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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

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
Mr Adrian Simon Mccarthy
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-04-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74909 — Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Stans Cottage Browninghill Green
Baughurst
Tadley
Hampshire
RG26 5JZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MCCARTHY, Adrian Simon→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCARTHY, Rhian→
director · ~57y · appointed 2018-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCARTHY, Cynthia Maureen→
secretary · appointed 2007-05-23 · resigned 2023-04-27
Resigned
MEGYERI, Veronika→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-27 · resigned 2007-05-23
Resigned
ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-04-27 · resigned 2006-04-27
Resigned
ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-27 · resigned 2006-04-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-02