ALDERBRIDGE CONSULTING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03403883 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-16

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies

Sector: Administrative & support services

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

80200Security systems service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 20.1y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 20.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-04-25
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-09
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-03
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-02-08
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-25
📍
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2017-01-26
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-02-04
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-08-27
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-01-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-07-25
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-03-31
➖
HARRIS, Louise Vanessa resigned
secretary
2014-03-31
➖
HARRIS, Louise Vanessa resigned
director
2006-05-25
🔒
Charge registered #1
Lender: Skipton Building Society
2002-02-26
➕
HARRIS, Louise Vanessa appointed
director
1997-07-16
🏢
Company incorporated
As ALDERBRIDGE CONSULTING LIMITED
1997-07-16
➕
HARRIS, Geoffrey Jonathan appointed
director
1997-07-16
➕
HARRIS, Louise Vanessa appointed
secretary
1997-07-16
➕
WING, Clifford Donald appointed
secretary
1997-07-16
➖
WING, Clifford Donald resigned
secretary

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 66 — 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 66. 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 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Geoffrey Jonathan Harris Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services · YO postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
A LOCK & CO LIMITED→ 05848170 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
A MELTON LTD→ 14984283 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ALAMO PROJECTS LIMITED→ 11775570 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ALDERSON FINANCIAL CONSULTANCY LTD→ 15217453 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ALDERSON FRANCIS ASSOCIATES LIMITED→ 13081693 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
ALEA SOLUTIONS LTD→ 16135867 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ALISIER ASSOCIATES LTD→ 11827879 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ALJ ENGINEERING LIMITED→ 11018118 · est 2017 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	8y	—	—
ALL ABOUT SPORT LIMITED→ 11841114 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ALLEN LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→ 15693337 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ALNE CONSULTING LTD→ 15241345 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ALNESS LTD→ 09685825 · est 2015 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	10y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1997-07-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

Windmill House Ripon Road

Boroughbridge

York

YO51 9DP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-26

Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

HARRIS, Geoffrey Jonathan→

director · ~66y · appointed 1997-07-16

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HARRIS, Louise Vanessa→

secretary · appointed 1997-07-16 · resigned 2014-03-31

Resigned

WING, Clifford Donald→

secretary · appointed 1997-07-16 · resigned 1997-07-16

Resigned

HARRIS, Louise Vanessa→

director · ~64y · appointed 2002-02-26 · resigned 2014-03-31

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Skipton Building Society	Legal charge	1 property	25/05/2006	—

Click column headers to sort. Use filters above to narrow by status and lender.