ADAMSON ROSS WM LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
15227620 · ltd · incorporated 2023-10-23
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Jan 2026
Net worth
£807.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
13 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £807,492
Net assets shrinking
Down £116,320 YoY
Cash YoY
+62%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£68k
↑ 62% YoY
Net Worth
£807k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£100k
↑ 52% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2026-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.28M | £1.47M |
| Current assets | £99.6k | £65.5k |
| Cash | £68.1k | £42.0k |
| Debtors | £31.5k | £23.5k |
| Net assets | £807.5k | £923.8k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-03-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-02-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-02-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-02-08📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-02-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-02-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-02-01➕KEMBER, Steven David appointeddirector
- 2023-11-07✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-10-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ADAMSON ROSS WM LTD
- 2023-10-23➕KEMBER, Anna Lucy appointeddirector
- 2023-10-23➕QUINN, Kevin Matthew John appointeddirector
- 2023-10-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 2.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Kevin Matthew John Quinn Individual · British · DOB 12/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 23/10/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Miss Anna Lucy Kemberceased 01/02/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Professional services · L postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A J EGERTON & ASSOCIATES LTD→ 10666572 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| A.J HUNTER ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD→ 16764099 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AFFINITY CONNECT LIMITED→ 04256854 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
| AGFRAN LTD→ 11066434 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AGNES MARKETING LTD→ 13410150 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AHM CONSULTANCY LTD→ 16543146 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AI DIGITAL PAY LTD→ 16300628 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AI LAW GROUP LIMITED→ 12517370 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AIGBURTH PAYROLL SERVICES LTD→ 15776569 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED→ 08327366 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| AINLEYS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED→ 12955115 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AINLEYS ACCOUNTANTS(WALES) LIMITED→ 08369262 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70221 — Financial management
Registered office
4 Hurricane Drive
Speke
Liverpool
L24 8RL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
KEMBER, Anna Lucy→
Activedirector · ~32y · appointed 2023-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KEMBER, Steven David→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2024-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
QUINN, Kevin Matthew John→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2023-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (13 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-03-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-08
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-08
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-02-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-02-07
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-11-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-10-23