ADRIAN & CO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08127687 · ltd · incorporated 2012-07-03
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: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.7y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
35 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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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 employees7000

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-05
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    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-10-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  4. 2025-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-30
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  6. 2024-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-31
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  8. 2022-07-31
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  9. 2021-04-30
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  10. 2020-05-31
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  11. 2019-04-30
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  12. 2018-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-03-17
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  16. 2015-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-01-01
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    KUMAR, Gnanapragasam Mario appointed
    director
  18. 2013-10-28
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    KUMAR, Edna Carmel appointed
    director
  19. 2013-07-31
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    KUMAR, Gnanapragasam Mario resigned
    director
  20. 2012-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ADRIAN & CO LIMITED
  21. 2012-07-03
    ➕
    KUMAR, Gnanapragasam Mario appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 75 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 13 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gnanapragasam Mario Kumar
Individual · British · DOB 12/1951 · age 75
50–75%
—50-75% 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
Incorporated2012-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

1417/1419 London Road
Norbury
London
SW16 4AH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

KUMAR, Edna Carmel→
director · ~74y · appointed 2013-10-28
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KUMAR, Gnanapragasam Mario→
director · ~75y · appointed 2015-01-01
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Active
KUMAR, Gnanapragasam Mario→
director · ~75y · appointed 2012-07-03 · resigned 2013-07-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—28/10/2025—
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Recent filings (35 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-31