A&D DRIVEWAYS AND PATIOS LTD
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.4k | £8.8k |
| Current assets | £1 | £1 |
| Net assets | £-15.3k | £-8.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-12-06🏢Company incorporatedAs A&D DRIVEWAYS AND PATIOS LTD
- 2020-12-06➕LEE, David appointeddirector
- 2020-12-06➕MEAKIN, Adam appointeddirector
- 2020-12-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Lee Individual · British · DOB 04/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/12/2020 |
Mr Adam Meakin Individual · British · DOB 05/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/12/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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 →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.
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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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