A D WILLIAMS & CO LTD

🌳Matureactive
09009696 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-24
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 Mar 2024
Net worth
£505.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). 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 2.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 2.8 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
50
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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
38 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £505,838

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£506k
Current Assets
£662k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-03-29
Total assets£532.5k
Current assets£661.6k
Net assets£505.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-10-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-11
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2023-08-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  8. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2020-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2019-09-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-06-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-01-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2017-12-16
    ➕
    ANWAR, Saima appointed
    director
  19. 2014-06-01
    ➕
    DUNCAN-WILLIAMS, Abraham appointed
    director
  20. 2014-06-01
    ➖
    ANWAR, Saima resigned
    director
  21. 2014-04-24
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    Company incorporated
    As A D WILLIAMS & CO LTD
  22. 2014-04-24
    ➕
    ANWAR, Saima appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

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 76 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 12 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Abraham Duncan-Williams
Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control01/01/2017
Miss Saima Anwar
Individual · British · DOB 06/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/12/2017

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
Incorporated2014-04-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

102 Green Lane
Morden
SM4 6SS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ANWAR, Saima→
director · ~46y · appointed 2017-12-16
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Active
DUNCAN-WILLIAMS, Abraham→
director · ~76y · appointed 2014-06-01
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Active
ANWAR, Saima→
director · ~46y · appointed 2014-04-24 · resigned 2014-06-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—10/08/2023—
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Recent filings (38 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-31