ADTENTUS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06331244 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-01

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£0

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Net assets shrinking

Down £11,505 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£0

↓ 100% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-21	2024-09-21
Total assets	£0	£11.5k
Current assets	—	£5.4k
Net assets	£0	£11.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-22
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2025-06-15
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2024-05-27
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2023-06-19
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2022-09-29
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2021-09-08
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2021-06-08
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accounts · AA01
2021-03-29
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address · AD01
2021-03-08
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accounts · AA
2020-09-15
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accounts · AA01
2020-06-19
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accounts · AA01
2019-09-24
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accounts · AA
2019-06-24
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accounts · AA01
2018-09-27
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accounts · AA
2018-06-27
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2018-06-26
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2017-09-27
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2007-09-18
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DAVIES, Lisa Anne appointed
secretary
2007-09-18
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DAVIES, Christopher appointed
director
2007-09-18
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DAVIES, Christopher resigned
secretary
2007-08-01
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Company incorporated
As ADTENTUS LIMITED
2007-08-01
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DAVIES, Lisa Anne appointed
director
2007-08-01
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DAVIES, Christopher appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

91/100

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 68 — succession pressure is live.
+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 68. 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Davies Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Lisa Anne Davies Individual · English · DOB 04/1981 · age 45	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2007-08-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70221 — Financial management

Registered office

The Pines

Lady Meadow

Kings Langley

WD4 9NF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-21

Last made up to: 2025-09-21

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-15

Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

DAVIES, Lisa Anne→

secretary · appointed 2007-09-18

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DAVIES, Christopher→

director · ~68y · appointed 2007-09-18

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Active

DAVIES, Lisa Anne→

director · ~45y · appointed 2007-08-01

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Active

DAVIES, Christopher→

secretary · appointed 2007-08-01 · resigned 2007-09-18

Resigned

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