ADAWALL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11056982 · ltd · incorporated 2017-11-09
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-07-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-07-15
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2024-09-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-07-28
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-11-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADAWALL LIMITED
  12. 2017-11-09
    KIRKMAN, William Robert appointed
    director
  13. 2017-11-09
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
E2 Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
🏛️
Ecomerchant Natural Building Materials Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ADAWALL LIMITED
This company · 11056982

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
E2 Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares01/01/2025
Ecomerchant Natural Building Materials Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting09/11/2017

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
Incorporated2017-11-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit 11 Forest Gate
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 3RS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-20
Last: 2025-06-06

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

KIRKMAN, William Robert
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-11-09
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Recent filings (19 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-11