ADUR TRADING LTD

🌳Matureactive
06693833 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-10
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£5.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.6y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,842
Net assets shrinking
Down £33,868 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£6k
↓ 85% YoY
Current Assets
£56k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£16k£32k£48k£65k£81kAug 2024Aug 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£5.8k£39.7k
Current assets£56.1k£80.7k
Net assets£5.8k£39.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-04-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-05-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-11-28
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2015-11-23
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  14. 2015-09-14
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-06-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-10-03
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2014-09-15
    ➕
    HENDY, Julian Charles appointed
    director
  18. 2014-09-15
    ➖
    HOLLEBONE, Paul Stephen resigned
    secretary
  19. 2014-09-15
    ➖
    HORNEY, Cathy-Ann resigned
    director
  20. 2014-09-15
    ➖
    HORNEY, Damon Andrew resigned
    director
  21. 2014-05-15
    ➕
    HENDY, Liana Beth appointed
    secretary
  22. 2014-05-15
    ➕
    HENDY, Liana Beth appointed
    director
  23. 2011-07-18
    ➖
    COOK, Melanie resigned
    secretary
  24. 2011-07-18
    ➕
    HOLLEBONE, Paul Stephen appointed
    secretary
  25. 2011-07-18
    ➖
    COOK, Melanie Lois resigned
    director
  26. 2011-07-18
    ➖
    COOK, Nicholas Paul resigned
    director
  27. 2011-07-18
    ➕
    HORNEY, Cathy-Ann appointed
    director
  28. 2011-07-18
    ➕
    HORNEY, Damon Andrew appointed
    director
  29. 2009-05-20
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  30. 2008-10-27
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Sme Invoice Finance Limited
  31. 2008-09-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADUR TRADING LTD
  32. 2008-09-10
    ➕
    COOK, Melanie appointed
    secretary
  33. 2008-09-10
    ➕
    COOK, Melanie Lois appointed
    director
  34. 2008-09-10
    ➕
    COOK, Nicholas Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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 Julian Charles Hendy
Individual · British · DOB 01/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/09/2016
Mrs Liana Beth Hendy
Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares10/09/2016

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

Similar companies

Active · Retail · BN postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
365 ASTRONOMY LIMITED→
13287583 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————5y——
3A & D LIMITED→
15022703 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
4 BOSS LTD→
11725565 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————7y——
A HINT OF YELLOW LIMITED→
07870494 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
————14y——
ACORNS EDUCATION GROUP LTD→
15662450 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ADAL MARKETING LTD→
15629421 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————2y——
ADAM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (SOUTH) LIMITED→
10757640 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————8y——
ADAR DIAMOND EXPERTISE LTD→
10727540 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————8y——
ADELE'S EMPORIUM LTD→
15617350 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————2y——
ADFIELD GROUP LIMITED→
15262158 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
ADRIAN ALAN LIMITED→
01190556 · est 1974 · no financials extracted
————51y——
ADVANCE EQUINE LIMITED→
13722695 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-09-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

91a South Street
Lancing
West Sussex
BN15 8AP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

HENDY, Liana Beth→
secretary · appointed 2014-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HENDY, Julian Charles→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HENDY, Liana Beth→
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOK, Melanie→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-10 · resigned 2011-07-18
Resigned
HOLLEBONE, Paul Stephen→
secretary · appointed 2011-07-18 · resigned 2014-09-15
Resigned
COOK, Melanie Lois→
director · ~54y · appointed 2008-09-10 · resigned 2011-07-18
Resigned
COOK, Nicholas Paul→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-09-10 · resigned 2011-07-18
Resigned
HORNEY, Cathy-Ann→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-07-18 · resigned 2014-09-15
Resigned
HORNEY, Damon Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-07-18 · resigned 2014-09-15
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—23/11/2015—
satisfied
Sme Invoice Finance
Sme Invoice Finance Limited
Debenture1 property27/10/200820/05/2009
Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.

Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-21