ADORAWOOL LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10972710 · ltd · incorporated 2017-09-20
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-3.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -49% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
16 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £3,577
Cash draining
Cash down 49% YoY
Cash YoY
-49%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
↓ 49% YoY
Net Worth
-£4k
↓ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£33k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
-£4k£4k£11k£18k£25k£33kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-3.6k£-3.0k
Current assets£32.6k£32.7k
Cash£9.8k£19.1k
Debtors£19.3k
Net assets£-3.6k£-3.0k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-06-27
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  5. 2021-06-22
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2018-10-03
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2017-09-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ADORAWOOL LIMITED
  9. 2017-09-20
    HALLS, Katie Donna appointed
    director
  10. 2017-09-20
    HILLIER, Jonathan Justin appointed
    director
  11. 2017-09-20
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Jonathan Justin Hillier
Individual · British · DOB 12/1970 · age 56
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control20/09/2017

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
Incorporated2017-09-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

4 The Twitten The Twitten
Albourne
Hassocks
BN6 9DF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HALLS, Katie Donna
director · ~49y · appointed 2017-09-20
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Active
HILLIER, Jonathan Justin
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-09-20
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Recent filings (16 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-10-03