AD ASTRA MEDICAL CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11475349 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-20
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2020-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2020-03-20
    ➕
    FOX, Elizabeth Vaudrey, Dr appointed
    director
  11. 2018-07-20
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    Company incorporated
    As AD ASTRA MEDICAL CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  12. 2018-07-20
    ➕
    GRADWELL, David Peter, Dr. appointed
    director
  13. 2018-07-20
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr. David Peter Gradwell
Individual · British · DOB 07/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/07/2018

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
Incorporated2018-07-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

10 Wellington Street
Cambridge
CB1 1HW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FOX, Elizabeth Vaudrey, Dr→
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-03-20
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Active
GRADWELL, David Peter, Dr.→
director · ~73y · appointed 2018-07-20
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Active

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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-03-23