ADGLOW (INSTALLATIONS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07434208 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-09
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
48 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-07-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-07-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-04-13
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    AINGE, Darren Alec appointed
    director
  17. 2011-04-13
    ➕
    AINGE, Gary Windsor appointed
    director
  18. 2011-04-13
    ➖
    BAYSHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2011-04-13
    ➖
    NORTON, Richard William Fisher resigned
    director
  20. 2010-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ADGLOW (INSTALLATIONS) LIMITED
  21. 2010-11-09
    ➕
    BAYSHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2010-11-09
    ➕
    NORTON, Richard William Fisher appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)

Group structure

Adglow Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Adglow Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ADGLOW (INSTALLATIONS) LIMITED
This company · 07434208

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
Adglow Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-11-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

9 Delta Drive
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
GL20 8HB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-10
Last: 2025-10-27

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

AINGE, Darren Alec→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AINGE, Gary Windsor→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-04-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAYSHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-11-09 · resigned 2011-04-13
Resigned
NORTON, Richard William Fisher→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-11-09 · resigned 2011-04-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-11