ADB BUILDING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10094875 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-31
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
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
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
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
7
filings
  • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-11
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-05-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-05-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-05-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2026-05-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2026-05-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2026-03-01
    BLAKE, Adrian appointed
    director
  8. 2026-03-01
    BLAKE, Adrian resigned
    director
  9. 2025-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-10-24
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-12-08
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-20
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-03-31
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    Company incorporated
    As ADB BUILDING LIMITED
  19. 2016-03-31
    BLAKE, Adrian 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Blake
Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55
75100%
75-100% shares01/03/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Adrian Blakeceased 01/03/2026· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Adrian Blakeceased 01/03/2026· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-03-31
Jurisdictionwales
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

60 Roger Street Treboeth
Swansea
SA5 9AR
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BLAKE, Adrian
director · ~55y · appointed 2026-03-01
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Active
BLAKE, Adrian
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-03-31 · resigned 2026-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20