ADAM ARMITAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09840804 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£42
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dental practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £42
Net assets shrinking
Down £48 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£42
↓ 53% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↑ 135% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£5k£10k£15k£21k£26kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£7.7k£90
Current assets£25.8k£11.0k
Net assets£42£90

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-11-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2025-01-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-12-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2024-10-01
    ARMITAGE, Leah appointed
    director
  9. 2024-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-02-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-02-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-10-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ADAM ARMITAGE LIMITED
  20. 2015-10-26
    ARMITAGE, Adam Paul appointed
    director

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ARMITAGE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +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

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adam Paul Armitage
Individual · British · DOB 04/1982 · age 44
sig. influencesignificant influence25/10/2016

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
Incorporated2015-10-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86230 — Dental practice activities

Registered office

3 Halegrove Court
Cygnet Drive
Stockton-On-Tees
TS18 3DB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ARMITAGE, Adam Paul
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-10-26
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Active
ARMITAGE, Leah
director · ~36y · appointed 2024-10-01
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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-25