ADAM ACCOUNTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07149787 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-90.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
  • 82110Combined office administrative service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.0y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~5.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
16 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
56 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £90,630

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£91k
Current Assets
£10k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£36.1k
Current assets£9.9k
Net assets£-90.6k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
    ➕
    REDFERN, Nicholas Craig appointed
    director
  2. 2025-12-16
    ➖
    BADI, Adam resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-12-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-10-14
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2025-10-14
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2025-02-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-12-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-12-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2023-12-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2023-12-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2023-12-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2023-12-01
    ➕
    MELLING, Michael John appointed
    director
  16. 2023-12-01
    ➖
    AHMED-BADI, Amira resigned
    secretary
  17. 2023-12-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2023-12-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2023-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2022-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-06-30
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  23. 2021-06-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  24. 2021-06-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  25. 2013-05-31
    ➕
    AHMED-BADI, Amira appointed
    secretary
  26. 2010-02-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADAM ACCOUNTS LIMITED
  27. 2010-02-08
    ➕
    BADI, Adam appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Quartet Business Services Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Quartet Business Services Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ADAM ACCOUNTS LIMITED
This company · 07149787

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Quartet Business Services Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/12/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Amira Aiyub Ahmed-Badiceased 06/04/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Adam Badiceased 01/12/2023· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2010-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

45a The Broadway Darkes Lane
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
EN6 2HZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MELLING, Michael John→
director · ~67y · appointed 2023-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REDFERN, Nicholas Craig→
director · ~52y · appointed 2025-12-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AHMED-BADI, Amira→
secretary · appointed 2013-05-31 · resigned 2023-12-01
Resigned
BADI, Adam→
director · ~47y · appointed 2010-02-08 · resigned 2025-12-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property25/06/202114/10/2025

Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-01