AGYS CONSULTING LTD

💤Zombieactive
02597005 · ltd · incorporated 1991-04-02
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£3.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other publishing activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74300Translation and interpretation activities
  • 85520Cultural education
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
96 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,912

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£4k
↑ 123% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£17k-£13k-£9k-£4k-£292£4kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£6.5k£-14.8k
Net assets£3.9k£-17.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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  2. 2025-08-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-05
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    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-08-05
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  5. 2024-11-15
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  6. 2024-03-25
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    address · AD01
  7. 2023-11-15
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-07-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-21
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  12. 2019-05-16
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  13. 2018-10-26
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  14. 2018-04-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2017-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-05-18
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    BATES, Arnold resigned
    director
  17. 1996-01-31
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    BILYARD, Yvonne Anne appointed
    director
  18. 1993-04-02
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    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 1993-04-02
    ➖
    BATES, Yvonne Anne resigned
    director
  20. 1991-04-02
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    Company incorporated
    As AGYS CONSULTING LTD
  21. 1991-04-02
    ➕
    BILYARD, Yvonne Anne appointed
    secretary
  22. 1991-04-02
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1991-04-02
    ➕
    BATES, Arnold appointed
    director
  24. 1991-04-02
    ➕
    BATES, Yvonne Anne appointed
    director
  25. 1991-04-02
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1991-04-02
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Yvonne Anne Bilyard
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-04-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58190 — Other publishing activities

Registered office

24 Tanner's Ridge
Waterlooville
PO7 5RF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BILYARD, Yvonne Anne→
secretary · appointed 1991-04-02
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Active
BILYARD, Yvonne Anne→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-04-02 · resigned 1993-04-02
Resigned
BATES, Arnold→
director · ~99y · appointed 1991-04-02 · resigned 2011-05-18
Resigned
BATES, Yvonne Anne→
director · ~64y · appointed 1991-04-02 · resigned 1993-04-02
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-04-02 · resigned 1991-04-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (96 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-14