ADAM BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08696993 · ltd · incorporated 2013-09-19
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
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£4.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (82/100)

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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,611

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 65% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 441% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£922£2k£3k£4k£5kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-292024-06-29
Total assets£4.6k£2.8k
Current assets£2.1k£393
Net assets£4.6k£2.8k

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 (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-28
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-11-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-06
    AWAL, Abdul appointed
    director
  7. 2022-12-06
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-03-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-10-07
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-10-07
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2021-10-07
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2021-10-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2021-10-04
    AHMED, Mushtaq appointed
    director
  14. 2021-10-04
    AHMED, Kalsoom resigned
    director
  15. 2021-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-06-30
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2020-07-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-06-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2013-09-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADAM BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2013-09-19
    AHMED, Kalsoom appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-01-28: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mushtaq Ahmed
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
75100%
75-100% shares04/10/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Kalsoom Ahmedceased 04/10/2021· 75-100% 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
Incorporated2013-09-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities

Registered office

46 Houghton Place
Bradford
BD1 3RG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last made up to: 2025-06-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

AHMED, Mushtaq
director · ~62y · appointed 2021-10-04
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Active
AWAL, Abdul
director · ~47y · appointed 2022-12-06
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Active
AHMED, Kalsoom
director · ~53y · appointed 2013-09-19 · resigned 2021-10-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (35 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-10-07