A&D CARBON SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive

08618084 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-22

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 5.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other engineering activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.0y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 5.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30
Average employees	2900

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-04-20
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-06
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-09-03
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-08-19
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-08-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2025-07-16
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-07-14
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-07-11
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-11
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-11
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-11
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-11
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-01
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CHARLTON, John William Charles appointed
secretary
2025-07-01
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CHARLTON, John William Charles appointed
director
2025-07-01
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LAKE, Elizabeth Janet appointed
director
2025-07-01
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SMITH, Peter David Mawby appointed
director
2025-01-17
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miscellaneous
miscellaneous · MISC
2024-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-20
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-02
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-10-02
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-04-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Optimum Sme Finance Limited
2013-07-22
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Company incorporated
As A&D CARBON SOLUTIONS LTD
2013-07-22
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HOLLOWAY, Dean James appointed
director
2013-07-22
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THOMAS, Alan Royston appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

Earnz Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Earnz Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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A&D CARBON SOLUTIONS LTD

This company · 08618084

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Earnz Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	01/07/2025

4 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Bianca Lucia Hollowayceased 01/07/2025· board control
Mrs Jacqueline Thomasceased 01/07/2025· board control
Mr Dean James Hollowayceased 01/07/2025· board control
Mr Alan Royston Thomasceased 01/07/2025· board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-07-22

Jurisdictionwales

Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

County House Beaufort Road

Swansea Enterprise Park

Swansea

SA6 8JG

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last: 2025-09-16