ADARO SOFTWARE LTD

🌳Matureactive
06059311 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 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 information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
68 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 Assets
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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

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-05-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  5. 2024-05-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-05-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-06-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-06-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-08-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-09-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-09-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-09-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2017-04-22
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    FILMER-SANKEY, Virginia resigned
    secretary
  20. 2017-04-22
    ➖
    FILMER-SANKEY, Virginia resigned
    director
  21. 2012-02-10
    ➖
    ADARO GROUP LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2010-04-28
    ➕
    CARPENTER, Paul appointed
    director
  23. 2010-04-28
    ➕
    RALPH, Tim Michael Edward appointed
    director
  24. 2010-04-28
    ➕
    FILMER-SANKEY, Virginia appointed
    director
  25. 2007-08-20
    ➖
    EGAN, Peter Anthony resigned
    director
  26. 2007-08-20
    ➕
    ADARO GROUP LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  27. 2007-01-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ADARO SOFTWARE LTD
  28. 2007-01-19
    ➕
    FILMER-SANKEY, Virginia appointed
    secretary
  29. 2007-01-19
    ➕
    EGAN, Peter Anthony appointed
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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.)

Group structure

Adaro Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Adaro Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ADARO SOFTWARE LTD
This company · 06059311

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Adaro Group Limited
Corporate entity
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.

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-01-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Oakleigh House Pattenden Ln
Marden,
Tonbridge
Kent
TN12 9QJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

CARPENTER, Paul→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RALPH, Tim Michael Edward→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FILMER-SANKEY, Virginia→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-19 · resigned 2017-04-22
Resigned
EGAN, Peter Anthony→
director · ~57y · appointed 2007-01-19 · resigned 2007-08-20
Resigned
FILMER-SANKEY, Virginia→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-04-28 · resigned 2017-04-22
Resigned
ADARO GROUP LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-08-20 · resigned 2012-02-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27