ADS DATA SERVICES LTD
🌳Matureactive
06117339 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-20
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive 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 (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (71/100)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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
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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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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-18📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-02📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-10-17📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-02-27➖HALL, Petina Anne resigneddirector
- 2012-09-28➖PANKHURST, Graham Anthony resigneddirector
- 2008-01-28➕MAAYAH, Firas Fawzi appointeddirector
- 2008-01-28➖HADDAD, Muntaha Helal resigneddirector
- 2007-02-28➕HADDAD, Muntaha Helal appointeddirector
- 2007-02-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ADS DATA SERVICES LTD
- 2007-02-20➕MATHIESON, Ian Barry appointedsecretary
- 2007-02-20➕MATHIESON, Ian Barry appointeddirector
- 2007-02-20➕HALL, Petina Anne appointeddirector
- 2007-02-20➕PANKHURST, Graham Anthony appointeddirector
- 2007-02-20➕WARD, Rowland David appointeddirector
- 2007-02-20➖WARD, Rowland David resigneddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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| A.E. BROWN (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→ 13236315 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ACCOUNTART TAX SERVICES LTD→ 05204964 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| AD LEARNING CONSULTANCY LTD→ 09696389 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
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| ADAMSON INTERNATIONAL LTD→ 14585081 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
1 Tangle Wood
Fareham
PO16 7UU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
MATHIESON, Ian Barry→
Activesecretary · appointed 2007-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MAAYAH, Firas Fawzi→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2008-01-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MATHIESON, Ian Barry→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2007-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HADDAD, Muntaha Helal→
Resigneddirector · ~85y · appointed 2007-02-28 · resigned 2008-01-28
HALL, Petina Anne→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2007-02-20 · resigned 2013-02-27
PANKHURST, Graham Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · appointed 2007-02-20 · resigned 2012-09-28
WARD, Rowland David→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 2007-02-20 · resigned 2007-02-20
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Recent filings (59 total)
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2025-11-14
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2025-09-08
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2024-11-18
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2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2023-11-15
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2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2022-11-17
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2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2021-10-21
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2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2020-10-19
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2020-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-11-19
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2019-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-11-27