ADB CONTRACTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07707074 · ltd · incorporated 2011-07-15
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28250
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
36 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-24
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-09
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-04-06
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    COOPER, Anthony appointed
    director
  5. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-01-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-01-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-07-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ADB CONTRACTS LTD
  18. 2011-07-15
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    BELSTEN, Denise Lesley Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Denise Lesley Anne Belsten
Individual · British · DOB 11/1976 · age 50
25–50%
—25-50% shares15/07/2016
Mr Anthony Cooper
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares15/07/2016

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
Incorporated2011-07-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28250 — SIC 28250

Registered office

153 Counthill Road
Oldham
OL4 2PX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BELSTEN, Denise Lesley Anne→
director · ~50y · appointed 2011-07-15
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Active
COOPER, Anthony→
director · ~59y · appointed 2024-04-06
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Active

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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30