A.D. POTTIE & CO LTD

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NI065025 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-05
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£33k£67k£100k£134k£167kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£126.8k
Current assets—£167.2k
Cash—£21.5k
Debtors—£145.7k
Net assets—£77.2k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-06-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-06-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-06-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-12-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-06-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-11
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2018-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-11-23
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    O'BRIEN, James resigned
    director
  19. 2015-01-01
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    POTTIE, Alexander Donaldson resigned
    director
  20. 2015-01-01
    ➖
    POTTIE, Elizabeth resigned
    director
  21. 2013-07-01
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    O'BRIEN, James appointed
    director
  22. 2007-06-05
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    Company incorporated
    As A.D. POTTIE & CO LTD
  23. 2007-06-05
    ➕
    POTTIE, Andrew Donald appointed
    secretary
  24. 2007-06-05
    ➕
    POTTIE, Andrew Donald appointed
    director
  25. 2007-06-05
    ➕
    KANE, Dorothy May appointed
    secretary
  26. 2007-06-05
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    KANE, Dorothy May resigned
    secretary
  27. 2007-06-05
    ➕
    POTTIE, Alexander Donaldson appointed
    director
  28. 2007-06-05
    ➕
    POTTIE, Elizabeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "POTTIE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
Mr Andrew Donald Pottie
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-06-05
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

1 Church Street
Fintona
Tyrone
BT78 2BR
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

POTTIE, Andrew Donald→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POTTIE, Andrew Donald→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KANE, Dorothy May→
secretary · appointed 2007-06-05 · resigned 2007-06-05
Resigned
O'BRIEN, James→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-07-01 · resigned 2015-11-23
Resigned
POTTIE, Alexander Donaldson→
director · ~93y · appointed 2007-06-05 · resigned 2015-01-01
Resigned
POTTIE, Elizabeth→
director · ~84y · appointed 2007-06-05 · resigned 2015-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-06-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-06-10