ADFP SERVICES LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
13839310 · ltd · incorporated 2022-01-10
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-13.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Educational support services
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,249
Cash YoY
+5529%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↑ 5529% YoY
Net Worth
-£13k
↓ 1028% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↑ 5529% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£13k-£10k-£7k-£4k-£2k£1kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£-13.2k£-1.2k
Current assets£1.4k£24
Cash£1.4k£24
Net assets£-13.2k£-1.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 address
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-24
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-10-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-10-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-14
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-01-13
    O'SULLIVAN, John Edward appointed
    director
  8. 2022-01-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADFP SERVICES LIMITED
  9. 2022-01-10
    ANTONIADES, Hafiza Nadi appointed
    director
  10. 2022-01-10
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Hafiza Nadi Antoniades
Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/01/2022

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
Incorporated2022-01-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85600 — Educational support services

Registered office

Comptable Ltd, 53 Hope Street
Glossop
SK13 7SB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ANTONIADES, Hafiza Nadi
director · ~77y · appointed 2022-01-10
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Active
O'SULLIVAN, John Edward
director · ~73y · appointed 2022-01-13
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-14
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-01-10