ADOREBOARD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI609044 · ltd · incorporated 2011-09-15
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public relations and communications activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees131800

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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-04
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-12-03
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2024-11-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  6. 2024-11-29
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2024-09-16
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2024-09-13
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  9. 2023-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2022-04-12
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  13. 2022-04-12
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2022-01-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-04-20
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2021-01-26
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  18. 2021-01-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  19. 2020-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-02-02
    ➖
    E-SYNERGY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2013-10-15
    ➕
    CROSSEY, Michael appointed
    director
  22. 2013-07-19
    ➕
    E-SYNERGY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2011-09-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADOREBOARD LIMITED
  24. 2011-09-15
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Christopher appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-09-15
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC70210 — Public relations and communications activities

Registered office

Queen's House
14 Queen Street
Belfast
Antrim
BT1 6ED
Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CROSSEY, Michael→
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-10-15
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Active
JOHNSTON, Christopher→
director · ~46y · appointed 2011-09-15
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Active
E-SYNERGY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2013-07-19 · resigned 2017-02-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-12-04
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-12-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-09-16
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-04-12