A & H CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03377030 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-28
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
—
year to May 2024
Net worth
£102.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02400
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 03110SIC 03110
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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
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
78 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 £102,511

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£158k
Net Worth
£103k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£32k£63k£95k£126k£158kMay 2023May 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-05-312023-05-31
Total assets£102.5k—
Cash£157.6k—
Net assets£102.5k—

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
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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-28
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  2. 2025-03-28
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-03-27
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    address · AD01
  4. 2025-02-28
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  5. 2024-06-03
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  6. 2024-02-28
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  7. 2023-02-27
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  8. 2022-05-30
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  9. 2020-10-15
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  10. 2020-02-28
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  11. 2019-01-29
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  12. 2018-02-27
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  13. 2017-07-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-02-06
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  15. 2016-06-29
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  16. 2016-03-03
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  17. 2015-11-12
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    GEE, Gemma May appointed
    secretary
  18. 2015-11-12
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    HINES, Helen Margaret resigned
    secretary
  19. 2015-11-12
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    HINES, Helen Margaret resigned
    director
  20. 2010-09-01
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    HINES, Helen Margaret appointed
    director
  21. 1997-06-09
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    HINES, Alan Clifford appointed
    director
  22. 1997-06-09
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    BLYTHIN, Carol Ann resigned
    secretary
  23. 1997-06-09
    ➕
    HINES, Helen Margaret appointed
    secretary
  24. 1997-06-09
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    CLAY, Adam Dominic resigned
    director
  25. 1997-05-28
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    Company incorporated
    As A & H CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  26. 1997-05-28
    ➕
    BLYTHIN, Carol Ann appointed
    secretary
  27. 1997-05-28
    ➕
    CLAY, Adam Dominic appointed
    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 74 — 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 74 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Clifford Hines
Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74
50–75%
—50-75% shares28/05/2016

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
Incorporated1997-05-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

Sterling House
97 Lichfield Street
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B79 7QF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-11
Last: 2025-05-28

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GEE, Gemma May→
secretary · appointed 2015-11-12
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Active
HINES, Alan Clifford→
director · ~74y · appointed 1997-06-09
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Active
BLYTHIN, Carol Ann→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-28 · resigned 1997-06-09
Resigned
HINES, Helen Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-09 · resigned 2015-11-12
Resigned
CLAY, Adam Dominic→
director · ~63y · appointed 1997-05-28 · resigned 1997-06-09
Resigned
HINES, Helen Margaret→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-09-01 · resigned 2015-11-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-28
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address · AD01
2025-03-27
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accounts · AA
2025-02-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
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accounts · AA
2023-02-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
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2022-05-30
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2021-06-11
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2020-10-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-08