ADZIEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC166635 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-28
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£51.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
74 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £51,705
Cash YoY
+9062%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£63k
↑ 9062% YoY
Net Worth
£52k
↑ 371% YoY
Current Assets
£121k
↑ 107% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£24k£48k£73k£97k£121kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£51.7k£11.0k
Current assets£121.2k£58.6k
Cash£63.3k£691
Debtors£52.1k£52.1k
Net assets£51.7k£11.0k

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.

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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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-06-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-23
    ➕
    JARVIES, Nicholas Paul appointed
    director
  18. 1996-06-28
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADZIEL LIMITED
  19. 1996-06-28
    ➕
    JARVIES, Penelope Ann Sewell appointed
    secretary
  20. 1996-06-28
    ➕
    JARVIES, Iain Fraser appointed
    director
  21. 1996-06-28
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1996-06-28
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1996-06-28
    ➕
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1996-06-28
    ➖
    FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 Nicholas Paul Jarvies
Individual · Scottish · DOB 12/1980 · age 46
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/06/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Iain Fraser Jarviesceased 25/06/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1996-06-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Cruachan
Premnay
Insch
AB52 6QH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JARVIES, Penelope Ann Sewell→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JARVIES, Iain Fraser→
director · ~79y · appointed 1996-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JARVIES, Nicholas Paul→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-07-23
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Active
FIRST SCOTTISH SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-06-28 · resigned 1996-06-28
Resigned
FIRST SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-06-28 · resigned 1996-06-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-23