ADLEC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & MARINE SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08848720 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-16
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 12.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 12.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.4 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
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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £1.47M |
| Current assets | — | £2.38M |
| Cash | — | £810.0k |
| Debtors | — | £1.57M |
| Net assets | — | £1.42M |
| Average employees | 8 | — |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-05📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2022-01-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2022-01-05📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-01-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2020-08-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-03-03➕ADDI, Christopher Joseph appointeddirector
- 2014-01-31🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee)
- 2014-01-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ADLEC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & MARINE SERVICES LIMITED
- 2014-01-16➕ADDI, Donna appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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 12 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.)
Group structure
C&D Strategic Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
🏛️significant stake
C&D Strategic Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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ADLEC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & MARINE SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 08848720
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C&D Strategic Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 09/07/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Donna Addiceased 09/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Chris Addiceased 09/07/2025· 25-50% shares
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| A E FARRELL LTD→ 07215289 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
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| ABACUS BUILD & DESIGN LTD→ 14976077 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ABACUS PROPERTY MAINTENANCE (LIVERPOOL) LTD→ 05714420 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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
Incorporated2014-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation
Registered office
Unit 2, Strand View
Regent Road
Port Of Liverpool
Liverpool
L20 1HA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-30
Last: 2026-01-16
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ADDI, Christopher Joseph→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2014-03-03
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Active
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Bibby Financial Services Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee) | A registered charge | 1 property | 31/01/2014 | 03/08/2020 |
Recent filings (45 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-01-06