A&DUS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11577485 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-19
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.16M
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
22 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,163,483

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£899k
Net Worth
£1.2m
Current Assets
£1.1m
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£1.24M
Current assets£1.13M
Cash£899.3k
Debtors£235.5k
Net assets£1.16M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-09-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-09-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2018-09-19
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    Company incorporated
    As A&DUS LTD
  16. 2018-09-19
    ➕
    ANDREWS, Phillip Harwood appointed
    director
  17. 2018-09-19
    ➕
    DICKEN, Peter Aaron appointed
    director
  18. 2018-09-19
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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 8 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Phillip Harwood Andrews
Individual · British · DOB 06/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/09/2018
Mr Peter Aaron Dicken
Individual · British · DOB 03/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting19/09/2018

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
Incorporated2018-09-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

Unit 1 Redhouse Industrial Estate
Middlemore Lane
Aldridge
Walsall
WS9 8DL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ANDREWS, Phillip Harwood→
director · ~43y · appointed 2018-09-19
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Active
DICKEN, Peter Aaron→
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-09-19
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Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-14