ADEONA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06653627 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-2.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,187

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£128
Net Worth
-£2k
Current Assets
£1k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-31
Total assets£-2.2k
Current assets£1.2k
Cash£128
Debtors£1.1k
Net assets£-2.2k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-22
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-07-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-07-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-07-10
    ➕
    WHITEHAIR, Colin Roy Keith appointed
    director
  8. 2024-07-10
    ➖
    MCGUIRE, Owain Franklyn Rees resigned
    director
  9. 2024-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2008-07-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ADEONA LIMITED
  19. 2008-07-23
    ➕
    BAINBRIDGE, John Frank appointed
    director
  20. 2008-07-23
    ➕
    MCGUIRE, Owain Franklyn Rees appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 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 18 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Fc & K Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Fc & K Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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ADEONA LIMITED
This company · 06653627

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Fc & K Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/05/2024
Mr John Frank Bainbridge
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Owain Franklyn Rees Mcguireceased 01/06/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence

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
Incorporated2008-07-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

32 Gilmais
Bookham
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT23 4RP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BAINBRIDGE, John Frank→
director · ~75y · appointed 2008-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITEHAIR, Colin Roy Keith→
director · ~70y · appointed 2024-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGUIRE, Owain Franklyn Rees→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-07-23 · resigned 2024-07-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-01