ADRIAN MORLEY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09888266 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-25
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.
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Turnover
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Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
26 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-21
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-03-03
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    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-08-06
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-06
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-21
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-25
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    accounts · AA01
  8. 2021-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-18
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-29
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  11. 2019-08-29
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    accounts · AA01
  12. 2018-09-28
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  13. 2017-10-11
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  14. 2017-08-25
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    accounts · AA01
  15. 2016-01-21
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2015-11-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ADRIAN MORLEY SERVICES LIMITED
  17. 2015-11-25
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    MORLEY, Adrian Paul appointed
    director
  18. 2015-11-25
    ➕
    MORLEY, Clare 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 "MORLEY" — 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 10 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 Adrian Paul Morley
Individual · British · DOB 05/1977 · age 49
50–75%
—50-75% 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
Incorporated2015-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

28 Kempnough Hall Road
Worsley
Salford
M28 2GN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MORLEY, Adrian Paul→
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-11-25
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Active
MORLEY, Clare→
director · ~49y · appointed 2015-11-25
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Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-18