ADLIB LOANS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11202507 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-13
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 Feb 2026
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
25 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£0Feb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 accounts
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-03-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-12-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-11-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-18
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2022-10-25
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2022-07-08
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  10. 2022-07-07
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-07-07
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2022-07-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-07-06
    SMALL, Trevor appointed
    director
  14. 2022-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-11-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-02-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-10-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-02-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADLIB LOANS LIMITED
  19. 2018-02-13
    SMALL, Elizabeth Evelyn appointed
    director
  20. 2018-02-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Trevor Small
Individual · English · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/07/2022
Mrs Elizabeth Evelyn Small
Individual · English · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control13/02/2018

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
Incorporated2018-02-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Dene-Side
Old House Lane
Romsley
B62 0EX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SMALL, Elizabeth Evelyn
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-02-13
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Active
SMALL, Trevor
director · ~65y · appointed 2022-07-06
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Recent filings (25 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-25
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-07-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-07