ADACEL LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
13364931 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-28
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
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£-184.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering 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. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (69/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 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 · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £183,998
Cash YoY
+154%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£14k
↑ 154% YoY
Net Worth
-£184k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↓ 9.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-184.0k | £-159.4k |
| Current assets | £17.7k | £19.5k |
| Cash | £13.6k | £5.4k |
| Debtors | £4.1k | £14.1k |
| Net assets | £-184.0k | £-159.4k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-01-18➕SAUNDERS, Michael Paul appointeddirector
- 2021-08-18📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-04-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ADACEL LIMITED
- 2021-04-28➕BEAUDRY, Helene appointeddirector
- 2021-04-28➕VERRET, Daniel appointeddirector
- 2021-04-28📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities
Registered office
2nd Floor, Grove House
55 Lowlands Road
Harrow
Middlesex
HA1 3AW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BEAUDRY, Helene→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2021-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SAUNDERS, Michael Paul→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2022-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VERRET, Daniel→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2021-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (14 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-03-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-08-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-04-28