ADELAMEAD LTD.

🌳Matureactive
06257267 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-23
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 May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
49 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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 (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-06-17
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-06-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-06-09
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    FOREMAN, Keith Nicholas resigned
    director
  18. 2011-10-01
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    CRANSTON, James Neil Percival appointed
    director
  19. 2011-10-01
    ➖
    BROWN, Mark resigned
    secretary
  20. 2011-10-01
    ➕
    FOREMAN, Keith Nicholas appointed
    director
  21. 2007-08-23
    ➕
    SOFTLEY, Susi Ella appointed
    director
  22. 2007-08-23
    ➕
    BROWN, Mark appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-08-23
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-08-23
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGHS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 2007-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ADELAMEAD LTD.
  26. 2007-05-23
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2007-05-23
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGHS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 James Neil Percival Cranston
Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Broadflash Office
Merton
Thetford
IP25 6QL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-06
Last: 2025-05-23

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

CRANSTON, James Neil Percival→
director · ~77y · appointed 2011-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SOFTLEY, Susi Ella→
director · ~50y · appointed 2007-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-23 · resigned 2011-10-01
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-05-23 · resigned 2007-08-23
Resigned
FOREMAN, Keith Nicholas→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-10-01 · resigned 2014-06-09
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGHS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-05-23 · resigned 2007-08-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-24