ADIE PEPPERDINE LTD

🌳Matureactive
09103118 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-26
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 10.8y 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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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.8y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
37 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees28002300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-26
    ➖
    KRICK, Peter Stephen resigned
    director
  5. 2023-09-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2023-03-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2023-03-16
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2023-03-16
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2022-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-20
    ➕
    FUSSEY, Annamieke Jane appointed
    director
  11. 2022-04-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2021-12-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-07-16
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    STENSON, Graeme William appointed
    director
  19. 2018-07-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2017-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2016-06-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2015-08-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  23. 2015-06-05
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    KELSEY, Chloe Ella Skayman appointed
    director
  24. 2014-06-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADIE PEPPERDINE LTD
  25. 2014-06-26
    ➕
    ADIE, Michael Vincent appointed
    director
  26. 2014-06-26
    ➕
    PEPPERDINE, Louise Mary appointed
    director
  27. 2014-06-26
    ➕
    KRICK, Peter Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

70/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ADIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Michael Vincent Adie
Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Ms Louise Mary Pepperdine
Individual · British · DOB 10/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

3 The Landings
Burton Waters
Lincoln
LN1 2TU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

ADIE, Michael Vincent→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FUSSEY, Annamieke Jane→
director · ~41y · appointed 2022-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KELSEY, Chloe Ella Skayman→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEPPERDINE, Louise Mary→
director · ~46y · appointed 2014-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STENSON, Graeme William→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-07-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KRICK, Peter Stephen→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-06-26 · resigned 2023-09-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—17/08/201503/06/2016

Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-16
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-01