ADEVA PARTNERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06751703 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-18
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees11400

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-09-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-08-22
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    DE QUANT, Sarah Jane appointed
    director
  6. 2024-06-04
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  7. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-05-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-05-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-06-30
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    FELDMAN HAINES, Fran appointed
    director
  19. 2010-02-25
    ➕
    BARCIA DE LEIVA, Anne-Marie appointed
    director
  20. 2010-02-25
    ➕
    COOPER, Anne Dorothy appointed
    director
  21. 2010-02-25
    ➖
    COOPER, Maurice Spencer resigned
    director
  22. 2008-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ADEVA PARTNERS LIMITED
  23. 2008-11-18
    ➕
    COOPER, Maurice Spencer appointed
    director
  24. 2008-11-18
    ➕
    WARMISHAM, Barry Charles appointed
    director
  25. 2008-11-18
    ➖
    WARMISHAM, Barry Charles resigned
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

73 Cornhill
London
EC3V 3QQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BARCIA DE LEIVA, Anne-Marie→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-02-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOPER, Anne Dorothy→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-02-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DE QUANT, Sarah Jane→
director · ~65y · appointed 2024-08-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FELDMAN HAINES, Fran→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COOPER, Maurice Spencer→
director · ~97y · appointed 2008-11-18 · resigned 2010-02-25
Resigned
WARMISHAM, Barry Charles→
director · ~65y · appointed 2008-11-18 · resigned 2008-11-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-04
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-18