ADAMS THORNTON LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14646232 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-07
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 1.6y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Newest facility, 1.6 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
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
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
16 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
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-01-09
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  3. 2024-11-07
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    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2024-11-04
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    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2024-11-01
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  6. 2024-11-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustees Limited
  7. 2024-10-30
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  12. 2024-10-29
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  13. 2024-10-29
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  15. 2023-02-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ADAMS THORNTON LTD
  16. 2023-02-07
    AHMED, Azhar Ali appointed
    director
  17. 2023-02-07
    MAHMOOD, Ansar appointed
    director
  18. 2023-02-07
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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

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 Ansar Mahmood
Individual · British · DOB 11/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/02/2023
Mr Azhar Ali Ahmed
Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/02/2023

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-02-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

2 Barlow Street
Oldham
OL4 1DY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AHMED, Azhar Ali
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-02-07
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Active
MAHMOOD, Ansar
director · ~47y · appointed 2023-02-07
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge01/11/2024
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustees Limited
A registered charge1 property01/11/2024
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Recent filings (16 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-11-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-30
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officers · CH01
2024-10-30
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2024-10-30
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officers · CH01
2024-10-29
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2024-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20