ADAMS CUNDELL HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09682099 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-13
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 9.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£3.75M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 9.7y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
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
43 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,753,460

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3.8m
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£3.75M
Debtors£3.5k
Net assets£3.75M

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.

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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 (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-09-01
    ➕
    WHEELER, George Robert appointed
    director
  6. 2024-09-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2024-05-31
    ➖
    MUNN, Vivien Alice resigned
    secretary
  8. 2024-02-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-02-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-07-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-05-17
    ➖
    TYE, Michael resigned
    director
  13. 2021-01-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-11-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2017-11-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2017-11-14
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2017-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-10-31
    ➕
    WHEELER, Patricia Jane appointed
    director
  21. 2016-10-31
    ➕
    WHEELER, Paul Watson appointed
    director
  22. 2016-10-31
    ➕
    MUNN, Vivien Alice appointed
    secretary
  23. 2016-10-31
    ➖
    ADAMS, David John resigned
    director
  24. 2016-10-31
    ➖
    CUNDELL, Francis Henry Blew resigned
    director
  25. 2016-10-31
    ➕
    TYE, Michael appointed
    director
  26. 2016-10-31
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  27. 2016-10-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  28. 2015-07-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ADAMS CUNDELL HOLDINGS LIMITED
  29. 2015-07-13
    ➕
    ADAMS, David John appointed
    director
  30. 2015-07-13
    ➕
    CUNDELL, Francis Henry Blew 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
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — WHEELER, George Robert (same surname) appointed 2024-09-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

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

Group structure

Buckingham Plant Hire Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Buckingham Plant Hire Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ADAMS CUNDELL HOLDINGS LIMITED
This company · 09682099

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Buckingham Plant Hire Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/10/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Francis Henry Blew Cundellceased 31/10/2016· 25-50% shares
  • Mr David John Adamsceased 31/10/2016· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

Blackpit Farm Silverstone Road
Stowe
Buckingham
MK18 5LJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WHEELER, George Robert→
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHEELER, Patricia Jane→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHEELER, Paul Watson→
director · ~72y · appointed 2016-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUNN, Vivien Alice→
secretary · appointed 2016-10-31 · resigned 2024-05-31
Resigned
ADAMS, David John→
director · ~82y · appointed 2015-07-13 · resigned 2016-10-31
Resigned
CUNDELL, Francis Henry Blew→
director · ~78y · appointed 2015-07-13 · resigned 2016-10-31
Resigned
TYE, Michael→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-10-31 · resigned 2022-05-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property31/10/2016—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge—31/10/2016—
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Recent filings (43 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-02
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-08