ADAMNEWBY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12474877 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-20
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£7.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 42130
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 (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
15 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,993
Cash YoY
+62%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 62% YoY
Net Worth
£7k
↑ 1062% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 53% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£1k£3k£4k£6k£7kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£9.0k£602
Current assets£2.0k£4.2k
Cash£2.0k£1.2k
Debtors£3.0k
Net assets£7.0k£602

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 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-16
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2020-11-30
    DONALDSON, Lisa appointed
    director
  8. 2020-03-02
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-03-02
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2020-02-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADAMNEWBY LIMITED
  11. 2020-02-20
    NEWBY, Adam appointed
    director
  12. 2020-02-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    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 "NEWBY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Adam Newby
Individual · British · DOB 07/1991 · age 35
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/02/2020

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
Incorporated2020-02-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC42130 — SIC 42130

Registered office

Kensington House
3 Kensington
Bishop Auckland
Co Durham
DL14 6HX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DONALDSON, Lisa
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-11-30
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Active
NEWBY, Adam
director · ~35y · appointed 2020-02-20
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Active

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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-03-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-02-20