ADAPT VEHICLE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
13383777 · ltd · incorporated 2021-05-10
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 · high confidence
Thesis has shifted recently — watch for confirmation.
  • · Lifecycle stage: early → established
  • · Investment thesis: growth_story → unclassified
  • · Bankability: 70 → 75
  • · Filings: 10 → 11
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
  • · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.

  • Lifecycle stage: earlyestablished
  • ·Investment thesis: growth_storyunclassified
  • Bankability: 7075
  • Filings: 1011
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
£24.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
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 (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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
11 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £24,577

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£25k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£5k£10k£15k£20k£25kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£30.3k£22.2k
Current assets£13.0k£15.9k
Net assets£24.6k£22.2k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-02-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADAPT VEHICLE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  7. 2021-05-10
    GILCHRIST, Oscar Louis appointed
    director
  8. 2021-05-10
    PAGE, Jonathan Michael appointed
    director
  9. 2021-05-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Oscar Louis Gilchrist
Individual · British · DOB 11/1989 · age 37
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control10/05/2021
Mr Jonathan Michael Page
Individual · British · DOB 03/1988 · age 38
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control10/05/2021

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
Incorporated2021-05-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Mendip Self Storage Old Down Farm
Emborough
Radstock
Somerset
BA3 4SA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-23
Last: 2026-05-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

GILCHRIST, Oscar Louis
director · ~37y · appointed 2021-05-10
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Active
PAGE, Jonathan Michael
director · ~38y · appointed 2021-05-10
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-05-10