ADS INDUSTRIAL DOORS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09917324 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-15
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£55.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -64% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £55,744
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,097 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 64% YoY
Cash YoY
-64%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£24k
↓ 64% YoY
Net Worth
£56k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£44k
↓ 48% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £60.6k | £73.1k |
| Current assets | £43.8k | £83.5k |
| Cash | £24.3k | £67.3k |
| Debtors | £19.5k | £16.2k |
| Net assets | £55.7k | £65.8k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-09-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01➕SLADE, Amy Louise appointeddirector
- 2023-03-01📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-03-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-15🏢Company incorporatedAs ADS INDUSTRIAL DOORS LIMITED
- 2015-12-15➕SLADE, Andrew Duncan appointeddirector
- 2015-12-15📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +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
31/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SLADE, Amy Louise (same surname) appointed 2023-03-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Amy Louise Slade Individual · British · DOB 03/1990 · age 36 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/02/2025 |
Mr Andrew Duncan Slade Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/12/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190
Registered office
7 Cooks Lane
Southbourne
Emsworth
Hampshire
PO10 8LG
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SLADE, Amy Louise→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2023-03-01
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SLADE, Andrew Duncan→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2015-12-15
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Recent filings (24 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-12