ADSORPTION TECHNOLOGIES LTD
🌳Matureactive
07158010 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-15
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
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£75.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £75,278
Net assets shrinking
Down £30,634 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£4k
Net Worth
£75k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£104k
↓ 6.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £75.3k | £105.9k |
| Current assets | £104.2k | £111.6k |
| Cash | £3.7k | — |
| Debtors | £100.5k | — |
| Net assets | £75.3k | £105.9k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
9
filings
- • 5 officers
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-03-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-09➕ROEPKE, Juergen Ernst Otto appointeddirector
- 2026-03-09➖ROEPKE, Juergen Ernst Otto resigneddirector
- 2026-03-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-03-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-03-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-03-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-03-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-03-25📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-03-23➕ROEPKE, Alexander appointeddirector
- 2022-03-23📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-03-06➕ROEPKE, Juergen Ernst Otto appointeddirector
- 2015-03-17➕VAMATHEVAN, Gunapalan appointeddirector
- 2015-03-17➖LAUGHLIN-MCCANN, Ruairi resigneddirector
- 2014-02-10➕LAUGHLIN-MCCANN, Ruairi appointeddirector
- 2014-02-10➖VAMATHAVAN, Gunapalan resigneddirector
- 2010-02-15🏢Company incorporatedAs ADSORPTION TECHNOLOGIES LTD
- 2010-02-15➕VAMATHAVAN, Gunapalan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alexander Roepke Individual · German · DOB 08/1971 · age 55 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 18/03/2026 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Juergen Ernst Otto Roepkeceased 09/03/2026· 75-100% shares
- Mr Guna Vamathavanceased 19/03/2021· 75-100% shares · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-02-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Registered office
51 Old Oak Common Lane
London
W3 7DD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-07
Last: 2026-03-24
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
ROEPKE, Alexander→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2022-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ROEPKE, Juergen Ernst Otto→
Activedirector · ~86y · appointed 2026-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VAMATHEVAN, Gunapalan→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2015-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LAUGHLIN-MCCANN, Ruairi→
Resigneddirector · ~45y · appointed 2014-02-10 · resigned 2015-03-17
ROEPKE, Juergen Ernst Otto→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2020-03-06 · resigned 2026-03-09
VAMATHAVAN, Gunapalan→
Resigneddirector · ~70y · appointed 2010-02-15 · resigned 2014-02-10
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Recent filings (59 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30