ADA RISK HOLDING CO LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14975674 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-03
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
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of financial services holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (58/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-09-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-09-23
    GRAND, Howard appointed
    director
  5. 2025-07-31
    BACON, Nicholas Cooper resigned
    director
  6. 2025-04-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-02-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2025-02-07
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-07-16
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2023-09-04
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2023-08-03
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  12. 2023-07-21
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-07-21
    📄
    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  14. 2023-07-21
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2023-07-15
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2023-07-07
    JAIYEOLA, Femi appointed
    secretary
  17. 2023-07-07
    BACON, Nicholas Cooper appointed
    director
  18. 2023-07-05
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  19. 2023-07-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADA RISK HOLDING CO LIMITED
  20. 2023-07-03
    GRAINGER, James Francis appointed
    director
  21. 2023-07-03
    JODRELL, Natasha Ann Mostyn Owen appointed
    director
  22. 2023-07-03
    RIORDAN, Eamonn Patrick appointed
    director
  23. 2023-07-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

60/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Probitas Holdings (Uk) Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Probitas Holdings (Uk) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
ADA RISK HOLDING CO LIMITED
This company · 14975674

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Probitas Holdings (Uk) Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/07/2024
Mr James Francis Grainger
Individual · British · DOB 08/1979 · age 47
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/07/2023
Mrs Natasha Ann Mostyn Owen Jodrell
Individual · British · DOB 04/1971 · age 55
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting03/07/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Probitas Holdings (Bermuda) Limitedceased 10/07/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2023-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64205 — Activities of financial services holding companies

Registered office

88 Leadenhall Street
London
EC3A 3BP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

JAIYEOLA, Femi
secretary · appointed 2023-07-07
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Active
GRAINGER, James Francis
director · ~47y · appointed 2023-07-03
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Active
GRAND, Howard
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-09-23
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Active
JODRELL, Natasha Ann Mostyn Owen
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-07-03
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Active
RIORDAN, Eamonn Patrick
director · ~71y · appointed 2023-07-03
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Active
BACON, Nicholas Cooper
director · ~63y · appointed 2023-07-07 · resigned 2025-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-02-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-07-16
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-09-04
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-21
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-07-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-21