AD SOURCEDIT LTD

🌱Startupactive
16033064 · ltd · incorporated 2024-10-22
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-11-28
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-11-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-10-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-10-31
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-10-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-10-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-10-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AD SOURCEDIT LTD
  9. 2024-10-22
    BERRY, Daniel appointed
    director
  10. 2024-10-22
    TAYLOR-THORNTON, Alfie David appointed
    director
  11. 2024-10-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 1.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-01-28: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-11-28: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alfie David Taylor-Thornton
Individual · British · DOB 09/2005 · age 21
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/10/2024
Mr Daniel Berry
Individual · British · DOB 01/2006 · age 20
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control22/10/2024

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
Incorporated2024-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

277 Stockport Road Ashton Under Lyne
Lancashire
OL7 0NT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BERRY, Daniel
director · ~20y · appointed 2024-10-22
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TAYLOR-THORNTON, Alfie David
director · ~21y · appointed 2024-10-22
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-01-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-11-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-31
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-10-22