ADAPT INFINITY LTD

💤Zombieactive
14593123 · ltd · incorporated 2023-01-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£-24.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
13 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
60
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)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £24,777

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£25k
↓ 155% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↑ 233% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£25k-£20k-£14k-£9k-£4k£1kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£-24.8k£-9.7k
Current assets£1.0k£304
Net assets£-24.8k£-9.7k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-17
    JI, Lingling appointed
    director
  3. 2025-06-17
    CHAE, Mingye Xu resigned
    director
  4. 2025-06-17
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2025-06-17
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-06-17
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-06-17
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-10-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-08-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-03-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2023-01-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADAPT INFINITY LTD
  12. 2023-01-15
    CHAE, Mingye Xu appointed
    director
  13. 2023-01-15
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Lingling Ji
Individual · Chinese · DOB 08/1993 · age 33
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/06/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Mingye Xu Chaeceased 17/06/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2023-01-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

Unit 0c04 34 Brindley Road
Manchester
M16 9HQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-01
Last: 2026-06-17

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

JI, Lingling
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-06-17
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Active
CHAE, Mingye Xu
director · ~43y · appointed 2023-01-15 · resigned 2025-06-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-01-15