ADDAPTIVE GROUP LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
12562992 · ltd · incorporated 2020-04-20
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£-59.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
21 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 £59,646

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£60k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£74k
↑ 902% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£67k-£38k-£10k£18k£46k£74kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-282024-08-28
Total assets£-59.6k£-49.5k
Current assets£74.5k£-9.3k
Net assets£-59.6k£-66.7k

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
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-01
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  2. 2026-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-05-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2026-05-27
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-05-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-11-16
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2024-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-10-29
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2024-05-30
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2023-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-05-30
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2022-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-05-18
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2020-04-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADDAPTIVE GROUP LIMITED
  16. 2020-04-20
    MAWER, Jason Leslie appointed
    director
  17. 2020-04-20
    📄
    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 6 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

Addaptive Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Addaptive Group Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ADDAPTIVE GROUP LIMITED
This company · 12562992

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
Addaptive Group Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/08/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jason Leslie Mawerceased 20/04/2020· 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
Incorporated2020-04-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Unit 1 The Cam Centre
Wilbury Way
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
SG4 0TW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-28
Last made up to: 2025-08-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MAWER, Jason Leslie
director · ~55y · appointed 2020-04-20
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Recent filings (21 total)

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-05-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-30