ADAMS DRAINAGE SOLUTIONS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
13076602 · ltd · incorporated 2020-12-11
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
18 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 miscellaneous
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-26📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2026-03-18📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-03📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-12-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-17📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-02-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-12-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ADAMS DRAINAGE SOLUTIONS LTD
- 2020-12-11➕DE'LEMOS, Adam Craig Harvey appointeddirector
- 2020-12-11➕DE'LEMOS, Lucy Olivia appointeddirector
- 2020-12-11📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +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 signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Adam Craig Harvey De'Lemos Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 11/12/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Lucy Olivia De'Lemosceased 10/12/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-12-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities
Registered office
Lingmoor
Old Bramshott Chase
Hindhead
GU26 6DB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
DE'LEMOS, Adam Craig Harvey→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2020-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DE'LEMOS, Lucy Olivia→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2020-12-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (18 total)
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-12-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-12-17