ALAN FELL CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03288368 · ltd · incorporated 1996-12-05
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£232.8k
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
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 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 £232,765
Cash YoY
+11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£250k
↑ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£233k
↑ 2.6% YoY
Current Assets
£254k
↑ 4.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£51k£102k£153k£203k£254kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£232.8k£226.8k
Current assets£254.2k£242.8k
Cash£250.4k£225.8k
Debtors£3.7k£17.0k
Net assets£232.8k£226.8k

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2024-11-28
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  3. 2023-12-18
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  4. 2022-11-07
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  5. 2021-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2020-12-09
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  8. 2020-12-09
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    officers · CH03
  9. 2020-10-21
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  10. 2019-11-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-28
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-02-04
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    address · AD01
  16. 2009-07-06
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    FELL, Sriyani appointed
    director
  17. 2001-03-17
    ➕
    FELL, Paula Josephine appointed
    director
  18. 2001-03-17
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    FELL, Joan Maureen resigned
    director
  19. 1996-12-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN FELL CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  20. 1996-12-05
    ➕
    FELL, Alan Vernon appointed
    secretary
  21. 1996-12-05
    ➕
    FELL, Alan Vernon appointed
    director
  22. 1996-12-05
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1996-12-05
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1996-12-05
    ➕
    FELL, Joan Maureen appointed
    director
  25. 1996-12-05
    ➕
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1996-12-05
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Vernon Fell
Individual · British · DOB 07/1945 · age 81
——sig. influencesignificant influence25/11/2016

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
Incorporated1996-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

1-3 High Street
Great Dunmow
Essex
CM6 1UU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-09
Last: 2025-11-25

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

FELL, Alan Vernon→
secretary · appointed 1996-12-05
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Active
FELL, Alan Vernon→
director · ~81y · appointed 1996-12-05
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Active
FELL, Paula Josephine→
director · ~47y · appointed 2001-03-17
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Active
FELL, Sriyani→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-12-05 · resigned 1996-12-05
Resigned
FELL, Joan Maureen→
director · ~82y · appointed 1996-12-05 · resigned 2001-03-17
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-12-05 · resigned 1996-12-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-12-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-21