CAMBRIDGE CORPORATE CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01329796 · ltd · incorporated 1977-09-13
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£77.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 66190Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
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
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 £77,351

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£87k
Net Worth
£77k
Current Assets
£99k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30
Total assets£77.4k
Current assets£98.9k
Cash£86.9k
Debtors£12.0k
Net assets£77.4k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-12
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  3. 2024-01-25
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-20
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-14
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    PEARCE GOULD, Edward George, Dr appointed
    director
  6. 2022-03-14
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-09-16
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  8. 2020-08-25
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  9. 2019-08-20
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  10. 2018-08-29
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  11. 2017-08-30
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  12. 2017-08-22
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  13. 2016-09-01
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  14. 2015-10-14
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  15. 2015-09-02
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  16. 2014-10-30
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  17. 2002-02-14
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    PURSER, Hugh Richard resigned
    director
  18. 1999-04-08
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    PURSER, Hugh Richard appointed
    director
  19. 1996-09-30
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    PEARCE GOULD, David Alwyn resigned
    secretary
  20. 1977-09-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CAMBRIDGE CORPORATE CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PEARCE GOULD, Edward George, Dr (same surname) appointed 2022-03-14. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Cambridge Management Consultants Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Cambridge Management Consultants Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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CAMBRIDGE CORPORATE CONSULTANTS LIMITED
This company · 01329796

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Rupert Anthony Pearce Gould
Individual · British · DOB 06/1951 · age 75
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Cambridge Management Consultants Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1977-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

65 Church Street
Harston
Cambridge
CB22 7NP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PEARCE GOULD, Frances Mary→
secretary
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Active
PEARCE GOULD, Edward George, Dr→
director · ~40y · appointed 2022-03-14
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Active
PEARCE GOULD, Rupert Anthony→
director · ~75y
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Active
PEARCE GOULD, David Alwyn→
secretary · resigned 1996-09-30
Resigned
PURSER, Hugh Richard→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-04-08 · resigned 2002-02-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (101 total)

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2025-11-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
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accounts · AA
2024-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
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officers · AP01
2022-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-20