A.D.B. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC292511 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-01

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

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£62.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £62,277

Net assets shrinking

Down £13,646 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£62k

↓ 18% YoY

Current Assets

£45k

↓ 44% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£66.9k	£80.4k
Current assets	£45.0k	£81.0k
Net assets	£62.3k	£75.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-01-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-14
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-14
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-02
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-12-22
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2022-12-22
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-12-21
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-12-21
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-12-21
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2022-12-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-12-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-09
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-01
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CUNNINGHAM, Paul appointed
director
2005-11-01
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Company incorporated
As A.D.B. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LTD.
2005-11-01
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DOW, Gillian appointed
secretary
2005-11-01
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DOW, Alan appointed
director
2005-11-01
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-11-01
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-11-01
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-11-01
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PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2005-11-01
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-11-01
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PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD. resigned
corporate-nominee-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 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Dow Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/10/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Alan Dowceased 15/02/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-11-01

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

Second Floor Airbles House

270 Airbles Road

Motherwell

ML1 3AT

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-15

Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

DOW, Gillian→

secretary · appointed 2005-11-01

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Active

CUNNINGHAM, Paul→

director · ~34y · appointed 2022-09-01

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Active

DOW, Alan→

director · ~59y · appointed 2005-11-01

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Active

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2005-11-01

Resigned

PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2005-11-01

Resigned

PETER TRAINER CORPORATE SERVICES LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2005-11-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-01-06

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-11-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-20

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-08-14

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-08-14

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-08-14

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-08-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-11-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-12-05

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-02

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2023-11-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-11-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-02-01

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2023-01-06