ADERINTO & CO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC311326 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-02
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
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£61.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Bookkeeping activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £61,899
Cash YoY
+345%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£84k
↑ 345% YoY
Net Worth
£62k
↑ 137% YoY
Current Assets
£84k
↑ 116% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£17k£34k£50k£67k£84kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£61.9k£26.1k
Current assets£84.1k£38.9k
Cash£84.1k£18.9k
Debtors—£20.0k
Net assets£61.9k£26.1k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-04-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-14
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  10. 2020-01-04
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2019-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2007-11-02
    ➕
    KERNAHAN, Catherine Teresa appointed
    secretary
  15. 2007-11-02
    ➖
    KERNAHAN, Catherine Teresa resigned
    director
  16. 2006-11-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADERINTO & CO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD
  17. 2006-11-02
    ➕
    ADERINTO, Nicholas appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-11-02
    ➕
    ADERINTO, Nicholas Emmanuel appointed
    director
  19. 2006-11-02
    ➕
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2006-11-02
    ➖
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-11-02
    ➕
    KERNAHAN, Catherine Teresa appointed
    director

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 "ADERINTO" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Angela Aderinto
Individual · British · DOB 08/1977 · age 49
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/05/2024
Mr Nicholas Emmanuel Aderinto
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
25–50%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest31/10/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-11-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69202 — Bookkeeping activities

Registered office

1037
Sauchiehall Street
Glasgow
G3 7TZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ADERINTO, Nicholas→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KERNAHAN, Catherine Teresa→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADERINTO, Nicholas Emmanuel→
director · ~53y · appointed 2006-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-02 · resigned 2006-11-02
Resigned
KERNAHAN, Catherine Teresa→
director · ~71y · appointed 2006-11-02 · resigned 2007-11-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-02