ADN CONSULTANTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07659667 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-07
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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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£298
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -73% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
33 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £298
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,797 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 73% YoY
Cash YoY
-73%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↓ 73% YoY
Net Worth
£298
↓ 86% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£5kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£298£2.1k
Cash£1.4k£5.4k
Net assets£298£2.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-07-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-07-17
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-03-26
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  5. 2024-03-27
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  6. 2023-12-20
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-12-10
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    HOLLOWAY, Vikki Anne appointed
    director
  8. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2022-03-28
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  10. 2021-06-28
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  11. 2020-03-31
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  12. 2019-03-25
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  13. 2018-03-20
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  14. 2017-03-29
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  15. 2016-07-25
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  16. 2016-03-03
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  17. 2015-07-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2011-10-27
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    BROOK, Nick resigned
    director
  19. 2011-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ADN CONSULTANTS LTD
  20. 2011-06-07
    ➕
    BROOK, John Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2011-06-07
    ➕
    BROOK, Nick 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 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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 Nick Brook
Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53
75–100%
—75-100% shares07/06/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Richard Brookceased 07/06/2023· 25-50% 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
Incorporated2011-06-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

6 Elmete Avenue
Sherburn In Elmet
Leeds
North Yorkshire
LS25 6EH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-21
Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BROOK, John Richard→
director · ~79y · appointed 2011-06-07
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Active
HOLLOWAY, Vikki Anne→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOK, Nick→
director · ~53y · appointed 2011-06-07 · resigned 2011-10-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-08