ADEPT TRADING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09445739 · ltd · incorporated 2015-02-18
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 May 2025
Net worth
£1.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46480
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,138
Cash YoY
+43%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£10k
↑ 43% YoY
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 65% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.2k | £771 |
| Current assets | £12.4k | £10.6k |
| Cash | £9.8k | £6.9k |
| Debtors | £1.7k | £2.5k |
| Net assets | £1.1k | £690 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-10-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-02-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-02-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2015-02-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ADEPT TRADING LIMITED
- 2015-02-18➕HOOPER, Annette appointeddirector
- 2015-02-18➕NEWMAN, Julie Violet appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Annette Hooper Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Ms Julie Violet Newman Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-02-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46480 — SIC 46480
Registered office
C/O Michael Heaven & Associates Limited 47 Calthorpe Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 1TH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-04
Last: 2026-02-18
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HOOPER, Annette→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NEWMAN, Julie Violet→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2015-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (34 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22