ADP PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06598138 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-20

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

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£766

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (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

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £766

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£766

↑ 150% YoY

Current Assets

£11k

↓ 51% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£766	£-1.5k
Current assets	£10.9k	£22.1k
Net assets	£766	£-1.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-07-21
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accounts · AA
2024-07-26
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accounts · AA
2023-07-25
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accounts · AA
2022-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-07-26
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2016-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-23
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2008-05-20
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Company incorporated
As ADP PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES LIMITED
2008-05-20
➕
PARKER, Katharine Helen appointed
secretary
2008-05-20
➕
PARKER, Anthony David appointed
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 67 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 67. 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Anthony David Parker Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	20/05/2017
Mrs Katharine Helen Parker Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-05-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

19 Kingfisher Place

Chartham

Canterbury

Kent

CT4 7BJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-03

Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PARKER, Katharine Helen→

secretary · appointed 2008-05-20

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Active

PARKER, Anthony David→

director · ~67y · appointed 2008-05-20

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Active

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