ADG BRICKWORK CONTRACTORS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

10081997 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-23

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£582

book net assets

Opportunity

64/100

Worth a look

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-trading company

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Special-situation opportunity

Distressed holding with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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 (1 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

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

64/100Worth a look

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £582

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£582

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£582	£582
Net assets	£582	£582

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-17
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DARBY, Paul resigned
director
2026-03-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-11
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-01-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-10-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-06-13
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DARBY, Paul appointed
director
2016-03-23
🏢
Company incorporated
As ADG BRICKWORK CONTRACTORS LIMITED
2016-03-23
➕
GARBETT, Lawrence appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high · 1 low

Confirmation statement overdue

high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-05

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Lawrence Garbett Individual · British · DOB 01/1986 · age 40	75–100%	—	75-100% 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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-03-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

The Old School

St. Johns Road

Dudley

DY2 7JT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-04-05OVERDUE

Last: 2025-03-22

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

GARBETT, Lawrence→

director · ~40y · appointed 2016-03-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DARBY, Paul→

director · ~42y · appointed 2017-06-13 · resigned 2026-03-17

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (32 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-03-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-11-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-24

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-03-24

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-03-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-12-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-04-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-21

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-03-23

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-03-23

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-03-23

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-03-23

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2023-03-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-11-23