ADOMAST MANUFACTURING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07500575 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-21
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
£-521.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
53 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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £521,284

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£521k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£643k
↓ 4.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£612k-£355k-£97k£161k£418k£676kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£-238.0k£-298.9k
Current assets£642.7k£675.8k
Debtors£319.1k£362.2k
Net assets£-521.3k£-612.5k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-10-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-09-27
    ➕
    SHERLING, Maurice Elliot appointed
    director
  6. 2024-09-27
    ➖
    CRABBE, Ian resigned
    director
  7. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-03-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-03-09
    ➕
    CRABBE, Ian appointed
    director
  14. 2021-03-09
    ➖
    SHERLING, Maurice Elliot resigned
    director
  15. 2021-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-01-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  17. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2018-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-11-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2018-11-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  22. 2016-02-02
    ➕
    WOLSTENHOLME, Anne Denise appointed
    director
  23. 2016-01-29
    ➕
    SHERLING, Maurice Elliot appointed
    director
  24. 2016-01-26
    ➖
    BELL, Graham Martin resigned
    director
  25. 2016-01-26
    ➖
    SHERLING, Michael Saul resigned
    director
  26. 2011-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ADOMAST MANUFACTURING LIMITED
  27. 2011-01-21
    ➕
    BELL, Graham Martin appointed
    director
  28. 2011-01-21
    ➕
    SHERLING, Michael Saul 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 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Maurice Elliot Sherling
Individual · Irish · DOB 04/1949 · age 77
—75–100%75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Barkston Road
Carlton Industrial Estate
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S71 3HU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SHERLING, Maurice Elliot→
director · ~77y · appointed 2024-09-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOLSTENHOLME, Anne Denise→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BELL, Graham Martin→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-01-21 · resigned 2016-01-26
Resigned
CRABBE, Ian→
director · ~54y · appointed 2021-03-09 · resigned 2024-09-27
Resigned
SHERLING, Maurice Elliot→
director · ~77y · appointed 2016-01-29 · resigned 2021-03-09
Resigned
SHERLING, Michael Saul→
director · ~41y · appointed 2011-01-21 · resigned 2016-01-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-11