P.W. ADAMSON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC098219 · ltd · incorporated 1986-04-04
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 Jun 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 29.6y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
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
121 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-06-30
Average employees400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-25
    ➕
    DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  7. 2021-01-25
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  8. 2021-01-25
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2020-09-09
    📄
    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  10. 2020-09-03
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2020-09-03
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2020-09-01
    ➖
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-secretary
  13. 2020-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-26
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  17. 2017-05-17
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  18. 2017-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-07-17
    ➖
    GOODWIN, Paul Stephen resigned
    director
  20. 2008-03-05
    ➖
    IAIN SMITH & COMPANY resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2008-03-05
    ➕
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2000-06-19
    ➕
    GOODWIN, Paul Stephen appointed
    director
  23. 1998-03-16
    ➖
    ADAMSON, Peter William resigned
    director
  24. 1996-10-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  25. 1986-04-04
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    Company incorporated
    As P.W. ADAMSON LIMITED

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 "ADAMSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Neil Peter Adamson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares30/06/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-04-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990

Registered office

Howemoss Drive
Kirkhill Industrial Estate
Dyce
Aberdeenshire
AB21 0GL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2021-01-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADAMSON, Neil Peter→
director · ~65y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IAIN SMITH & COMPANY→
corporate-nominee-secretary · resigned 2008-03-05
Resigned
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-05 · resigned 2020-09-01
Resigned
ADAMSON, Peter William→
director · ~91y · resigned 1998-03-16
Resigned
GOODWIN, Paul Stephen→
director · ~69y · appointed 2000-06-19 · resigned 2015-07-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property01/10/1996—
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Recent filings (121 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2021-01-25
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-01-25
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2020-09-09
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-09-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-09-03