ADR WATCHES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09748053 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-25
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£-271
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed dormant / non-trading — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £271

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£271
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—
-£271-£271-£271-£271-£271-£271Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£-271£-271
Net assets£-271£-271

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-02-01
    ➕
    RIGBY, Pamela appointed
    director
  6. 2023-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2021-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-08-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADR WATCHES LIMITED
  15. 2015-08-25
    ➕
    RIGBY, Adrian appointed
    director
  16. 2015-08-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 72 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 Adrian Rigby
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
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
Incorporated2015-08-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Trimble House
9 Bold Street
Warrington
WA1 1DN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-05
Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

RIGBY, Adrian→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-08-25
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Active
RIGBY, Pamela→
director · ~72y · appointed 2024-02-01
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24