A & D H R CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05794372 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£353.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 11.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £353,591
Net assets shrinking
Down £22,316 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£354k
↓ 5.9% YoY
Current Assets
£39k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£75k£150k£226k£301k£376kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£353.6k£375.9k
Current assets£38.6k£58.0k
Net assets£353.6k£375.9k

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.

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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. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-12
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  3. 2024-01-19
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  4. 2023-01-23
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  5. 2022-01-04
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  6. 2021-01-22
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  7. 2019-12-03
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  8. 2019-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2018-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-18
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    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2017-07-18
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    mortgage · MR04
  12. 2017-07-18
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    Charge satisfied #2
  13. 2017-07-18
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    Charge satisfied #1
  14. 2017-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-25
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  16. 2016-01-15
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    address · AD01
  17. 2016-01-06
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-04-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2014-10-24
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2014-09-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2006-05-05
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    KEMP, Dawn appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-05-05
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    GODLEY, Adrian appointed
    director
  23. 2006-05-05
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    KEMP, Dawn appointed
    director
  24. 2006-05-04
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    R L NOMINEE (SECRETARIES) LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2006-05-04
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    R L NOMINEE(DIRECTORS)LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  26. 2006-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As A & D H R CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  27. 2006-04-25
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    R L NOMINEE (SECRETARIES) LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2006-04-25
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    R L NOMINEE(DIRECTORS)LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Godley
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/04/2017
Mrs Dawn Kemp
Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/04/2017

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
Incorporated2006-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

25 Albion Road
Selsey
Chichester
West Sussex
PO20 0DJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-09
Last: 2025-04-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KEMP, Dawn→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GODLEY, Adrian→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-05-05
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Active
KEMP, Dawn→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
R L NOMINEE (SECRETARIES) LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-04-25 · resigned 2006-05-04
Resigned
R L NOMINEE(DIRECTORS)LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-04-25 · resigned 2006-05-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property24/10/201418/07/2017
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—18/09/201418/07/2017

Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-21