ADRIAN MOBILE LOCKSMITH LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06588243 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-08
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2022-05-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2019-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-23
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    officers · AP03
  15. 2016-09-01
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    ELLIOTT, Alison Lynn appointed
    secretary
  16. 2016-06-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2008-05-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ADRIAN MOBILE LOCKSMITH LIMITED
  18. 2008-05-08
    ➕
    ELLIOT, Adrian appointed
    director
  19. 2008-05-08
    ➕
    UKF SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2008-05-08
    ➖
    UKF SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-05-08
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    UKF NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2008-05-08
    ➖
    UKF NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Elliot
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Alison Elliott
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-05-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

20 Bunting Close
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 5PA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-22
Last: 2026-05-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ELLIOTT, Alison Lynn→
secretary · appointed 2016-09-01
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Active
ELLIOT, Adrian→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-05-08
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Active
UKF SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-05-08 · resigned 2008-05-08
Resigned
UKF NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-05-08 · resigned 2008-05-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-03
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AAMD
2020-09-02