ADASTRUM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05925129 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-05
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
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 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees4400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2024-01-04
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  4. 2023-01-27
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  5. 2022-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-20
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-03
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-17
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  9. 2018-01-18
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  10. 2017-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-01-22
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-09-29
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  13. 2015-02-05
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-11-18
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  15. 2014-11-18
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2006-09-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ADASTRUM LIMITED
  17. 2006-09-05
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    AGG, Claire appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-09-05
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    AGG, Claire appointed
    director
  19. 2006-09-05
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    AGG, David appointed
    director
  20. 2006-09-05
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    JPCORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-09-05
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    JPCORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-09-05
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    JPCORD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-09-05
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    JPCORD LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Claire Agg
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr David Agg
Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

36 Couching Street
Watlington
Oxfordshire
OX49 5QQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

AGG, Claire→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-05
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Active
AGG, Claire→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-09-05
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Active
AGG, David→
director · ~57y · appointed 2006-09-05
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Active
JPCORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-09-05 · resigned 2006-09-05
Resigned
JPCORD LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-09-05 · resigned 2006-09-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-17