ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03323514 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-25
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
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). 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 (75/100)

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 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
Cash
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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

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2020-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2018-02-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-02-16
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    officers · TM02
  13. 2017-12-01
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    LLOYD, Mollie Sheila resigned
    secretary
  14. 2017-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-09
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2006-10-25
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    LLOYD, Mollie Sheila appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-01-01
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    LLOYD, Mollie Sheila resigned
    secretary
  19. 1997-03-01
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    IRELAND, Joan Angela resigned
    secretary
  20. 1997-03-01
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    LLOYD, Mollie Sheila appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-02-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  22. 1997-02-25
    ➕
    LLOYD, Michael John appointed
    director
  23. 1997-02-25
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-02-25
    ➖
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-02-25
    ➕
    IRELAND, Joan Angela appointed
    secretary
  26. 1997-02-25
    ➕
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1997-02-25
    ➖
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
    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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
Mr Michael John Lloyd
Individual · British · DOB 09/1943 · age 83
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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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
Incorporated1997-02-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

The Tannery C/O Cloud Accountant
Kirkstall Road
Leeds
LS3 1HS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

LLOYD, Michael John→
director · ~83y · appointed 1997-02-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-25 · resigned 1997-02-25
Resigned
IRELAND, Joan Angela→
secretary · appointed 1997-02-25 · resigned 1997-03-01
Resigned
LLOYD, Mollie Sheila→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-25 · resigned 2017-12-01
Resigned
LLOYD, Mollie Sheila→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-01 · resigned 2006-01-01
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-02-25 · resigned 1997-02-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-30