ADDLESTONE KEANE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08272178 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-29
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). 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 11.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
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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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
52 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 7 | 700 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-01📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-11-01📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-11-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-05-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-09📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-05-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-15📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-03-08📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-02-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-02-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-02-11➖CHRISTEY, Sally Karen resigneddirector
- 2022-02-11➖EVANS, David James resigneddirector
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-03📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-03-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2018-02-09➕KNAPTON, Philip appointeddirector
- 2014-11-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2014-08-29➕CHRISTEY, Sally Karen appointeddirector
- 2013-05-31➖ASHALL, Robert James resigneddirector
- 2012-10-29🏢Company incorporatedAs ADDLESTONE KEANE LIMITED
- 2012-10-29➕ADDLESTONE, Brian David appointeddirector
- 2012-10-29➕ASHALL, Robert James appointeddirector
- 2012-10-29➕EVANS, David James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
88/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ADDLESTONE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Philip Knapton Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 11/02/2022 |
Mr Brian David Addlestone Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David James Evansceased 11/02/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors
Registered office
5th Floor Carlton Tower
34 St Pauls Street
Leeds
LS1 2QB
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-19
Last: 2026-05-05
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
ADDLESTONE, Brian David→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2012-10-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KNAPTON, Philip→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2018-02-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ASHALL, Robert James→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2012-10-29 · resigned 2013-05-31
CHRISTEY, Sally Karen→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2014-08-29 · resigned 2022-02-11
EVANS, David James→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2012-10-29 · resigned 2022-02-11
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 04/11/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (52 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-11-01
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-05-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-09