ADUM LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
11580035 · ltd · incorporated 2018-09-20
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.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-20.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
24 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £20,228
Net assets shrinking
Down £38,551 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£20k
↓ 210% YoY
Current Assets
£68k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £107.5k | £196.8k |
| Current assets | £68.0k | £53.5k |
| Cash | — | £39.0k |
| Net assets | £-20.2k | £18.3k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-10-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-10-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-10-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-07-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-07-01➕MUJTABA TARIQ, Mohsin appointeddirector
- 2020-06-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-09-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ADUM LIMITED
- 2018-09-20➕ASGHAR, Aadil appointeddirector
- 2018-09-20➕MURTAZA-TARIQ, Usman appointeddirector
- 2018-09-20📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Usman Murtaza-Tariq Individual · British · DOB 03/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 20/09/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Aadil Asgharceased 01/07/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-09-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56103 — Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
Registered office
140-142 Wokingham Road
Reading
RG6 1JL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
ASGHAR, Aadil→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2018-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MUJTABA TARIQ, Mohsin→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2020-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MURTAZA-TARIQ, Usman→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2018-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (24 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-10-02