ADIO LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
SC775299 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-10
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 64301Activities of investment trusts
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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 (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
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
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-07-31
Average employees0

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-11
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-04-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-01
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-07-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADIO LIMITED
  5. 2023-07-10
    PORTEOUS, Ryan Richard appointed
    director
  6. 2023-07-10
    📄
    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 2.8 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

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ryan Richard Porteous
Individual · British · DOB 06/1995 · age 31
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control10/07/2023

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
Incorporated2023-07-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

6 Tenterfield Drive
Haddington
EH41 3JF
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-23
Last: 2025-07-09

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PORTEOUS, Ryan Richard
director · ~31y · appointed 2023-07-10
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Recent filings (6 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-01
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-10