A & D ELITE DEVELOPMENTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

09941706 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-08

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other building and industrial cleaning activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

22 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Average employees	0	100

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

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1 signal 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

filing

• 1 dissolution

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 dissolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 dissolution
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand

2026-05-27
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dissolution · DS01
2025-09-22
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accounts · AA
2024-10-16
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accounts · AA
2023-10-30
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accounts · AA
2022-10-28
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accounts · AA
2021-05-13
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accounts · AA
2020-10-23
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accounts · AA
2019-10-16
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accounts · AA
2018-10-15
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accounts · AA
2017-09-27
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accounts · AA
2017-01-24
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address · AD01
2016-01-08
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Company incorporated
As A & D ELITE DEVELOPMENTS LTD
2016-01-08
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BURKE, Anthony John appointed
director
2016-01-08
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BURKE, Danny Anthony appointed
director
2016-01-08
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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 65 — 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

61/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Anthony John Burke Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2016-01-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81229 — Other building and industrial cleaning activities

Registered office

12 Sunrise Avenue

Hornchurch

RM12 4YS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-21

Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURKE, Anthony John→

director · ~65y · appointed 2016-01-08

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BURKE, Danny Anthony→

director · ~40y · appointed 2016-01-08

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Recent filings (22 total)

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2026-05-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-01-14