AD CONSULTANTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06925003 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-05
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47770
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 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
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    DEAN, Jacqueline Elizabeth resigned
    director
  2. 2026-03-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-04
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2019-10-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-10-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-10-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2009-06-05
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    Company incorporated
    As AD CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  18. 2009-06-05
    ➕
    DEAN, John Alan appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-06-05
    ➕
    DEAN, John Alan appointed
    director
  20. 2009-06-05
    ➕
    DEAN, Jacqueline Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47770 — SIC 47770

Registered office

5 Bank Street
Ossett
WF5 8PS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DEAN, John Alan→
secretary · appointed 2009-06-05
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Active
DEAN, John Alan→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-06-05
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Active
DEAN, Jacqueline Elizabeth→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-06-05 · resigned 2026-03-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-23
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2019-10-04