ADAKIFY LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14079769 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-30
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed technology with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,023

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£277£554£830£1k£1kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1.0k£835
Current assets£1.2k£1.4k
Net assets£1.0k£835

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 gazette
  • 1 dissolution
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
    📄
    gazette-notice-voluntary
    gazette · GAZ1(A)
  2. 2026-05-13
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2026-01-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-07
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-18
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-04-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADAKIFY LIMITED
  9. 2022-04-30
    FAIRCLOUGH, Bernadette Marie appointed
    director
  10. 2022-04-30
    SOWDEN, Stacey Louise appointed
    director
  11. 2022-04-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-13

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Stacey Louise Sowden
Individual · British · DOB 06/1993 · age 33
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/04/2022
Ms Bernadette Marie Fairclough
Individual · British · DOB 08/1996 · age 30
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/04/2022

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
Incorporated2022-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

7 Danum Road
Hatfield
Doncaster
DN7 6AE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

FAIRCLOUGH, Bernadette Marie
director · ~30y · appointed 2022-04-30
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Active
SOWDEN, Stacey Louise
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-04-30
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-26
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-04-30