ADAMS DORN LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

11862200 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-05

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Video production activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

90030Artistic creation

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

21 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	0

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-11-11
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2024-12-09
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2023-12-11
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accounts · AA
2022-11-09
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accounts · AA
2021-11-01
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accounts · AA
2020-11-09
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accounts · AA
2020-01-14
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2020-01-14
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persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC04
2019-11-07
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officers · CH01
2019-11-07
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officers · CH01
2019-11-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-11-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-11-04
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address · AD01
2019-03-05
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Company incorporated
As ADAMS DORN LIMITED
2019-03-05
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ADAMS, William Matthew appointed
director
2019-03-05
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DORN, Ashley Darryl appointed
director
2019-03-05
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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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ADAMS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William Matthew Adams Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	05/03/2019
Mr Ashley Darryl Dorn Individual · British · DOB 11/1985 · age 41	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	05/03/2019

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

Incorporated2019-03-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC59112 — Video production activities

Registered office

9 Queens Court

Warham Road

South Croydon

CR2 6LE

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-17

Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ADAMS, William Matthew→

director · ~40y · appointed 2019-03-05

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DORN, Ashley Darryl→

director · ~41y · appointed 2019-03-05

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