ADRG SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive
11851599 · ltd · incorporated 2019-02-28
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£-65.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
23 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £65,733
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£105
~ YoY
Net Worth
-£66k
↓ 1.0% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£66k-£53k-£39k-£26k-£13k£105Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£-65.7k£-65.0k
Cash£105£105
Net assets£-65.7k£-65.1k

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-12
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-09-11
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2024-05-30
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-05-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-10-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-05-13
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-05-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-06
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  13. 2021-05-06
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2020-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADRG SERVICES LTD
  16. 2019-02-28
    BELFORD, Mark George appointed
    director
  17. 2019-02-28
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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

Adr Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Adr Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ADRG SERVICES LTD
This company · 11851599

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Adr Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75-100% shares01/06/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Mark George Belfordceased 01/06/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2019-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

1434 London Road
Leigh-On-Sea
SS9 2UL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-20
Last: 2026-05-06

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

BELFORD, Mark George
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-02-28
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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-23
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-12
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-13