ADAM'S COMMUNITY TRUST

🌳Matureactive
SC346177 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2008-07-24
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2022-09-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-09-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2022-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-07-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ADAM'S COMMUNITY TRUST
  17. 2008-07-24
    ➕
    TILSTON, Simon Iain Graham, Dr appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-07-24
    ➕
    LEE, Roger James appointed
    director
  19. 2008-07-24
    ➕
    TILSTON, Simon Iain Graham, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roger James Lee
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
——sig. influencesignificant influence24/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2008-07-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

32 Crosshill Road
Strathaven
ML10 6DS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-20
Last: 2025-07-06

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

TILSTON, Simon Iain Graham, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-24
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Active
LEE, Roger James→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-07-24
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TILSTON, Simon Iain Graham, Dr→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-07-24
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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-10