ADRANA LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06319762 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-20
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
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
42 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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
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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
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-07-20📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-07-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-08-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2008-02-19➕GRAY, Brenda appointedsecretary
- 2008-02-01➖TUDOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-07-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ADRANA LIMITED
- 2007-07-20➕GRAY, Brenda appointeddirector
- 2007-07-20➕GRAY, Raymond Alan appointeddirector
- 2007-07-20➕TUDOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
91/100
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 74 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mrs Brenda Gray Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence | 22/07/2016 |
Mr Raymond Alan Gray Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence | 22/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-07-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Dipwood House Dipwood Road
Rowlands Gill
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne & Wear
NE39 1DD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-03
Last: 2025-07-20
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
Active
GRAY, Brenda→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2007-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRAY, Raymond Alan→
Activedirector · ~74y · appointed 2007-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TUDOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2007-07-20 · resigned 2008-02-01
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Recent filings (42 total)
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accounts · AA
2025-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-08-03