ADGESPEED LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05870913 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-10
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
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£-96.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
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 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
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
40 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £96,926

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£97k
Current Assets
£152k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-31
Total assets£-96.9k
Current assets£151.8k
Net assets£-96.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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  2. 2024-07-31
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  3. 2023-07-31
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  4. 2022-07-29
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  5. 2021-04-27
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  6. 2020-04-23
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  7. 2019-04-23
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  8. 2018-04-30
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  9. 2017-04-28
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  10. 2016-04-26
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  11. 2015-08-10
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  12. 2015-04-28
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  13. 2014-08-21
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  14. 2014-04-30
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  15. 2013-08-19
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  16. 2006-07-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ADGESPEED LIMITED
  17. 2006-07-10
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    SPENCER, Gillian Lynn appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-07-10
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    SPENCER, Thomas Adrian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 20 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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
Mr Thomas Adrian Spencer
Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%sig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · significant influence10/07/2016

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
Incorporated2006-07-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Unit 14 Thames Trading Centre, Woodrow Way
Irlam
Manchester
England
M44 6BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SPENCER, Gillian Lynn→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-10
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Active
SPENCER, Thomas Adrian→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-07-10
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Recent filings (40 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
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2024-08-01
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2024-07-31
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2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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2022-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
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2021-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-07-18