ADRIVEN LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC770633 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-25
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£5.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Driving school activities
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
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
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
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 £5,076
Cash YoY
+98%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£252
↑ 98% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 2218% YoY
Current Assets
£623
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£5kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£7.4k£1.4k
Current assets£623£524
Cash£252£127
Debtors£371£397
Net assets£5.1k£219

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-05
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2024-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-20
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2023-05-26
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2023-05-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADRIVEN LTD
  7. 2023-05-25
    MIET, Adrien Scott appointed
    director
  8. 2023-05-25
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.9 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-11-05: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrien Scott Miet
Individual · French · DOB 04/1982 · age 44
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC85530 — Driving school activities

Registered office

138 Auchinraith Road Blantyre
Glasgow
G72 0XS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MIET, Adrien Scott
director · ~44y · appointed 2023-05-25
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Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-05-20
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-05-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-25