ADATO LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

12025854 · ltd · incorporated 2019-05-31

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

£79.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of office and shop furniture

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). 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

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

14 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £79,122

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£79k

↑ 36% YoY

Current Assets

£205k

↓ 3.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£79.1k	£58.1k
Current assets	£204.9k	£213.0k
Net assets	£79.1k	£58.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-06
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-21
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-07
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-31
🏢
Company incorporated
As ADATO LTD
2019-05-31
➕
GURNEY, Roy Gordon appointed
director
2019-05-31
➕
GURNEY, Sally Louise appointed
director
2019-05-31
📄
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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 Roy Gordon Gurney Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	31/05/2019
Mrs Sally Louise Gurney Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	31/05/2019

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Manufacturing · SN postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
6880 BETTON GRANGE (SOCIETY) LIMITED→ 04785581 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—
6IXTY 5IVE PRODUCTIONS LTD→ 16024583 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
A G AUTOMATION LIMITED→ 08886445 · est 2014 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	12y	—	—
A.J.M. ENGINEERING LIMITED→ 01581154 · est 1981 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	44y	—	—
ABSTRACT I.T. MANAGEMENT LIMITED→ 08515920 · est 2013 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	12y	—	—
AC PRECISION ENGINEERING LIMITED→ 04815509 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—
ACRES RETAIL LTD→ 12574136 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
ACTUA SYSTEMS LIMITED→ 08193052 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
ADAGE ENGINEERING LIMITED→ 06694140 · est 2008 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	17y	—	—
ADCUTECH LIMITED→ 04771031 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—
ADDALOGOUK LIMITED→ 15484183 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ADVANCED PRINTING SERVICES (UK) LIMITED→ 04020195 · est 2000 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	25y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2019-05-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC31010 — Manufacture of office and shop furniture

Registered office

14 King Charles House, Cavalier Court

Bumpers Farm

Chippenham

Wiltshire

SN14 6LH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-14

Last: 2026-04-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GURNEY, Roy Gordon→

director · ~66y · appointed 2019-05-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GURNEY, Sally Louise→

director · ~65y · appointed 2019-05-31

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.