ADH SITE SURVEYS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06158278 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-14
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 71200Technical testing and analysis
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.8y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 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 (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | -400 | -400 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-07📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2025-04-07📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-04-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-31➕CALEY, Kerri-Leigh appointedsecretary
- 2025-03-31➕CALEY, Robert appointeddirector
- 2025-03-31➖HARDING, Andrew Dennis resignedsecretary
- 2025-03-31➖HARDING, Andrew Dennis resigneddirector
- 2025-03-31➖HARDING, Marianne resigneddirector
- 2024-12-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-06-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-06-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-08-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2007-03-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ADH SITE SURVEYS LIMITED
- 2007-03-14➕HARDING, Andrew Dennis appointedsecretary
- 2007-03-14➕HARDING, Andrew Dennis appointeddirector
- 2007-03-14➕HARDING, Marianne appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Caley Individual · British · DOB 04/1986 · age 40 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/06/2022 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Andrew Dennis Hardingceased 31/03/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
- Mrs Marianne Hardingceased 01/06/2022· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| A K MULTIVENT LTD→ 15477006 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| A.J.L. SALES LTD→ 15871966 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACHIEVE COACHING AND MENTORING LIMITED→ 15503477 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ACHIEVING CHANGE LIMITED→ 11302305 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ACS LEGAL RECRUITING LTD→ 16322580 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACTIVATE SAFEGUARDING RESOLUTIONS LTD→ 11315753 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ADAMSON CONSULTING LIMITED→ 15694550 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ADDDG LTD→ 14918315 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ADMINISTRATION EVALUATION SERVICES LTD→ 16799751 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ADR ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD→ 12984027 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ADRA PROJECTS LTD→ 14737290 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ADVANCE CONVEYORS LTD→ 14008895 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-03-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities
Registered office
Suite 5 Evolution Business Centre
Darlington Road
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL6 2NQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last: 2026-04-13
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
CALEY, Kerri-Leigh→
Activesecretary · appointed 2025-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CALEY, Robert→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2025-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARDING, Andrew Dennis→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-03-14 · resigned 2025-03-31
HARDING, Andrew Dennis→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 2007-03-14 · resigned 2025-03-31
HARDING, Marianne→
Resigneddirector · ~68y · appointed 2007-03-14 · resigned 2025-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/08/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (61 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-04-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-04-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13