ADRIAN MALE ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06745734 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-11
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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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-20
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  2. 2024-08-20
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  3. 2023-08-25
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  4. 2022-11-18
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    MALE, Judith Margaret appointed
    director
  5. 2022-11-18
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  6. 2022-08-25
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  7. 2021-08-26
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  8. 2020-11-27
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  9. 2019-08-23
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  10. 2018-08-21
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  11. 2017-06-22
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  12. 2016-09-06
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  13. 2015-11-19
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  14. 2015-08-27
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  15. 2014-11-25
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  16. 2014-09-02
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  17. 2008-11-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ADRIAN MALE ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  18. 2008-11-11
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    MALE, Adrian Christopher appointed
    director
  19. 2008-11-11
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    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson appointed
    director
  20. 2008-11-11
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    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson resigned
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MALE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Christopher Male
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-11-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

6 The Linen Yard
South Street
Crewkerne
TA18 8AB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

MALE, Adrian Christopher→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MALE, Judith Margaret→
director · ~68y · appointed 2022-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEPHENS, Graham Robertson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-11-11 · resigned 2008-11-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
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accounts · AA
2025-10-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-12
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accounts · AA
2024-08-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
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accounts · AA
2023-08-25
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officers · AP01
2022-11-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
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accounts · AA
2022-08-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
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accounts · AA
2021-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-23