BRITISH MINING CONSULTANTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02129128 · ltd · incorporated 1987-05-07
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
13 officers (1 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
126 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  3. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  4. 2022-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-06-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  10. 2017-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2017-09-14
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    officers · TM02
  13. 2017-04-30
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    WELLS, Christopher Charles resigned
    secretary
  14. 2017-03-22
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    address · AD01
  15. 2016-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-09-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2007-08-21
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    SEIFERT, Christoph Maria, Dr resigned
    director
  18. 2006-10-13
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    BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2006-07-28
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    BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2006-07-25
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    ANWAR, Arif appointed
    director
  21. 2006-07-25
    ➖
    WATSON, Diane resigned
    secretary
  22. 2006-07-25
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    WELLS, Christopher Charles appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-07-25
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    LOTT, John Brian resigned
    director
  24. 2006-07-25
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    SEIFERT, Christoph Maria, Dr appointed
    director
  25. 2006-07-25
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    WARING, David Rupert Tremayne resigned
    director
  26. 2004-06-30
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    KEANE, Adrian Spencer resigned
    director
  27. 2004-06-30
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    WARING, David Rupert Tremayne appointed
    director
  28. 1999-08-10
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    HINDMARSH, William Edward resigned
    director
  29. 1999-02-01
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    COWLES, Lyn resigned
    secretary
  30. 1999-02-01
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    WATSON, Diane appointed
    secretary
  31. 1999-02-01
    ➖
    COWLES, Lyn resigned
    director
  32. 1999-02-01
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    KEANE, Adrian Spencer appointed
    director
  33. 1998-11-11
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    YATES, Robert Clifford resigned
    director
  34. 1998-04-01
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    COWLES, Lyn appointed
    director
  35. 1998-04-01
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    HINDMARSH, William Edward appointed
    director
  36. 1992-10-31
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    DUNHAM, Richard Kenneth, Dr resigned
    director
  37. 1987-05-07
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    Company incorporated
    As BRITISH MINING CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-05-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Geneva (Building D) 1st Floor Unit 8 Lake View Drive
Annesley
Nottingham
NG15 0ED
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-20
Last: 2025-09-06

Officers (1 active · 12 resigned)

ANWAR, Arif→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWLES, Lyn→
secretary · resigned 1999-02-01
Resigned
WATSON, Diane→
secretary · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 2006-07-25
Resigned
WELLS, Christopher Charles→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-25 · resigned 2017-04-30
Resigned
BLAKELAW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-07-28 · resigned 2006-10-13
Resigned
COWLES, Lyn→
director · ~71y · appointed 1998-04-01 · resigned 1999-02-01
Resigned
DUNHAM, Richard Kenneth, Dr→
director · ~90y · resigned 1992-10-31
Resigned
HINDMARSH, William Edward→
director · ~87y · appointed 1998-04-01 · resigned 1999-08-10
Resigned
KEANE, Adrian Spencer→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 2004-06-30
Resigned
LOTT, John Brian→
director · ~83y · resigned 2006-07-25
Resigned
SEIFERT, Christoph Maria, Dr→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-07-25 · resigned 2007-08-21
Resigned
WARING, David Rupert Tremayne→
director · ~95y · appointed 2004-06-30 · resigned 2006-07-25
Resigned
YATES, Robert Clifford→
director · ~74y · resigned 1998-11-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (126 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-09-28