ADEY, FITZGERALD & WALKER (COWBRIDGE) LTD

🌳Matureactive
09513877 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-27
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-14.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £14,170

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£14k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£292k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£14k£57k£128k£199k£270k£341kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-10.8k£-9.4k
Current assets£292.2k£341.2k
Net assets£-14.2k£-12.8k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-11
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    capital · SH01
  5. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-07
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    accounts · AA01
  12. 2017-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-01
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ADEY, FITZGERALD & WALKER (COWBRIDGE) LTD
  15. 2015-03-27
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    ADEY, Nigel Gordon Fitzgerald appointed
    secretary
  16. 2015-03-27
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    ADEY, Nigel Gordon Fitzgerald appointed
    director
  17. 2015-03-27
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    STREET, Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2015-03-27
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    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ADEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nigel Gordon Fitzgerald Adey
Individual · British · DOB 04/1946 · age 80
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

The Pavilion, 60 Eastgate
Cowbridge
CF71 7AB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ADEY, Nigel Gordon Fitzgerald→
secretary · appointed 2015-03-27
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Active
ADEY, Nigel Gordon Fitzgerald→
director · ~80y · appointed 2015-03-27
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Active
STREET, Andrew→
director · ~59y · appointed 2015-03-27
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-27