AD SMART SOLUTIONS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC682022 · ltd · incorporated 2020-11-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other software publishing
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62030Computer facilities management activities
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
  • 63120Web portals
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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, 4 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30

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.

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 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-01-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AD SMART SOLUTIONS LTD
  8. 2020-11-25
    AHMED, Hashir appointed
    director
  9. 2020-11-25
    DAVIE, Wayne appointed
    director
  10. 2020-11-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Wayne Davie
Individual · British · DOB 01/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/11/2020
Mr Hashir Ahmed
Individual · Pakistani · DOB 08/1997 · age 29
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting25/11/2020

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
Incorporated2020-11-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC58290 — Other software publishing

Registered office

48c Castlandhill Road
Rosyth
Dunfermline
KY11 2DH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-08
Last: 2025-11-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AHMED, Hashir
director · ~29y · appointed 2020-11-25
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Active
DAVIE, Wayne
director · ~51y · appointed 2020-11-25
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Active

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Recent filings (12 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-11-25