ADAMS SCHOOLWEAR LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11036988 · ltd · incorporated 2017-10-30
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 86). 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
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
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-03-30 | 2024-03-30 |
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| Average employees | 400 | 400 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-11-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-11-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-03-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-05-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-11-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-10-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ADAMS SCHOOLWEAR LIMITED
- 2017-10-30➕GOODSON, John appointeddirector
- 2017-10-30➕PITIYAGE, Sajeevi appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr John Goodson Individual · British · DOB 12/1940 · age 86 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 30/10/2017 |
Mrs Sajeevi Pitiyage Individual · British · DOB 05/1981 · age 45 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 30/10/2017 |
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 →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-10-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC14190 — SIC 14190
Registered office
55 Victoria Road
Ruislip
HA4 9BH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GOODSON, John→
Activedirector · ~86y · appointed 2017-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PITIYAGE, Sajeevi→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2017-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (27 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-11-11