ADL EXECUTIVE CARS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06117194 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-20
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£102.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
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
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £102,886

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£103k
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£118k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£29k£57k£86k£114k£143kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£102.9k£101.5k
Current assets£118.2k£143.0k
Net assets£102.9k£101.5k

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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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-08-05
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    THOMPSON, Tina Sonia appointed
    director
  9. 2021-05-28
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    THOMPSON, Tina Sonia resigned
    director
  10. 2021-05-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-07-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-19
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2017-01-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2015-10-15
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    THOMPSON, Tina Sonia appointed
    director
  19. 2015-10-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Positive Cashflow Finance Limited
  20. 2009-02-13
    ➖
    LOCKWOOD, Anthony David resigned
    director
  21. 2007-02-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ADL EXECUTIVE CARS LTD
  22. 2007-02-20
    ➕
    THOMPSON, David Anthony appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-02-20
    ➕
    THOMPSON, David Anthony appointed
    director
  24. 2007-02-20
    ➕
    LOCKWOOD, Anthony David appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 64. 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 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Anthony Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
50–75%
—50-75% shares20/02/2017

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
Incorporated2007-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Unit 66 Touchet Hall Road
Middleton
Manchester
M24 2FL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

THOMPSON, David Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-20
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Active
THOMPSON, David Anthony→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-02-20
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Active
THOMPSON, Tina Sonia→
director · ~60y · appointed 2021-08-05
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Active
LOCKWOOD, Anthony David→
director · ~81y · appointed 2007-02-20 · resigned 2009-02-13
Resigned
THOMPSON, Tina Sonia→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-10-15 · resigned 2021-05-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Positive Cashflow Finance
Positive Cashflow Finance Limited
A registered charge2 properties13/10/201519/01/2017

Recent filings (49 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-15