A.I.M. CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02705328 · ltd · incorporated 1992-04-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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, 2 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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 3 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
95 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2023-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-01
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2021-03-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2021-03-29
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    BAILEY, Richard James William appointed
    secretary
  9. 2021-03-29
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    MACLEOD, Keith Alan Donald resigned
    secretary
  10. 2020-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-21
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-12-18
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    MACLEOD, Keith Alan Donald appointed
    secretary
  17. 2015-12-18
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  18. 2015-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-06-28
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    MCLAUGHLIN, John Joseph resigned
    secretary
  20. 2014-06-28
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    MCLAUGHLIN, John Joseph resigned
    director
  21. 1992-06-29
    ➕
    MCLAUGHLIN, Catherine Patricia appointed
    director
  22. 1992-06-29
    ➖
    DRUCE, Doreen Brenda resigned
    secretary
  23. 1992-06-29
    ➕
    MCLAUGHLIN, John Joseph appointed
    secretary
  24. 1992-06-29
    ➕
    MCLAUGHLIN, John Joseph appointed
    director
  25. 1992-06-24
    ➖
    DRUCE, Roger Ellis resigned
    director
  26. 1992-05-09
    ➕
    DRUCE, Doreen Brenda appointed
    secretary
  27. 1992-05-09
    ➖
    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1992-05-09
    ➕
    DRUCE, Roger Ellis appointed
    director
  29. 1992-05-09
    ➖
    ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 1992-04-09
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    Company incorporated
    As A.I.M. CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  31. 1992-04-09
    ➕
    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1992-04-09
    ➕
    ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

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 67. 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 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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 Catherine Mclaughlin
Individual · Irish · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated1992-04-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

The Dene, Paradise Road
Henley On Thames
Oxfordshire
RG9 1UB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-13
Last: 2026-03-30

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

BAILEY, Richard James William→
secretary · appointed 2021-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLAUGHLIN, Catherine Patricia→
director · ~67y · appointed 1992-06-29
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Active
DRUCE, Doreen Brenda→
secretary · appointed 1992-05-09 · resigned 1992-06-29
Resigned
MACLEOD, Keith Alan Donald→
secretary · appointed 2015-12-18 · resigned 2021-03-29
Resigned
MCLAUGHLIN, John Joseph→
secretary · appointed 1992-06-29 · resigned 2014-06-28
Resigned
ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-04-09 · resigned 1992-05-09
Resigned
DRUCE, Roger Ellis→
director · ~97y · appointed 1992-05-09 · resigned 1992-06-24
Resigned
MCLAUGHLIN, John Joseph→
director · ~79y · appointed 1992-06-29 · resigned 2014-06-28
Resigned
ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-04-09 · resigned 1992-05-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (95 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-01
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-04-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-30