ADIPS TRAINING LTD

🌳Matureactive

06744004 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-07

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

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year to Nov 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

30 officers (6 active, 30 linked, 25 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (75 events)Click to expand

2026-03-17
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officers · AP01
2026-03-17
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officers · TM01
2026-03-05
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COLQUHOUN, Alexander James appointed
director
2026-03-05
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CARROLL, Keith Stanley resigned
director
2025-08-27
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accounts · AA
2025-03-19
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officers · TM01
2025-03-19
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officers · AP01
2025-03-14
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KAYES, Thomas William appointed
director
2025-03-14
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THURSTON, John resigned
director
2024-12-09
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officers · AP01
2024-12-06
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GRANTHAM, Gary Lee appointed
director
2024-04-10
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accounts · AA
2023-12-08
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officers · AP01
2023-12-07
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HIND, Paul John appointed
director
2023-08-25
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accounts · AA
2023-07-14
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officers · TM01
2023-06-08
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SCHOFIELD, Jack resigned
director
2023-02-09
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officers · TM01
2023-02-01
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WHITE, John Spencer resigned
director
2022-11-11
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officers · AP01
2022-11-11
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officers · TM01
2022-11-01
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CARROLL, Keith Stanley appointed
director
2022-11-01
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PARIS, Philip resigned
director
2022-10-07
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-07
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officers · TM01
2022-10-06
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HILL, Marshall James Granville resigned
director
2022-10-06
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KELLY, Paul Gerard resigned
director
2022-10-04
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accounts · AA
2021-10-25
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RUDDOCK, Jon Anthony resigned
secretary
2021-10-25
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-09-14
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accounts · AA
2021-07-22
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officers · AP01
2021-07-21
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officers · AP01
2021-07-15
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NUTTER, Stephen Frederick appointed
director
2021-07-15
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HILL, Marshall James Granville appointed
director
2019-11-29
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FORD, Allan John resigned
director
2019-06-25
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NICHOLLS, Robert Frank resigned
director
2019-02-18
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THURSTON, John appointed
director
2019-02-05
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CULINE MBE, John Cliff resigned
director
2018-10-03
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RUDDOCK, Jon Anthony appointed
secretary
2018-10-03
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DADSWELL, Douglas William resigned
director
2018-02-22
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DITCHBURN, Luke Alexander resigned
secretary
2017-11-12
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POSTLETHWAITE, Stephen Derry resigned
director
2016-01-01
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PARIS, Philip appointed
director
2015-12-31
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WALLIS, David resigned
director
2015-01-01
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KELLY, Paul Gerard appointed
director
2015-01-01
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WHITE, John Spencer appointed
director
2014-04-30
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MCLEOD MILLER, Leslie resigned
director
2014-01-01
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CULINE MBE, John Cliff appointed
director
2014-01-01
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POSTLETHWAITE, Stephen Derry appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 75 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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

Adips Ltd. holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Adips Ltd.

Corporate parent · board control

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ADIPS TRAINING LTD

This company · 06744004

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Adips Ltd. Corporate entity	—	—	board controlboard control · firm interest	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

Incorporated2008-11-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Business Innovation Centre Enterprise Park East

Wearfield

Sunderland

SR5 2TA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-26

Last: 2025-10-12