ANDROMEDA CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03527441 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-13
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 Nov 2025
Net worth
£4.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
87 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,540

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
Current Assets
£5k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-11-30
Total assets£4.5k
Current assets£5.1k
Net assets£4.5k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-17
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  3. 2025-09-17
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  4. 2025-07-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-07-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-07-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-01-09
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-24
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  12. 2020-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-03-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2018-01-25
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    accounts · AA
  16. 1998-04-04
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    RESOLUTION SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  17. 1998-04-03
    ➕
    OXTOBY, Catherine Ada Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 1998-04-03
    ➕
    OXTOBY, Catherine Ada Mary appointed
    director
  19. 1998-04-03
    ➕
    SCHELPE, James Edmund appointed
    director
  20. 1998-04-03
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    RESOLUTION DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1998-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDROMEDA CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  22. 1998-03-13
    ➕
    RESOLUTION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1998-03-13
    ➕
    RESOLUTION DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 James Edmund Schelpe
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/03/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Catherine Ada Mary Oxtobyceased 13/03/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated1998-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

41 Newton Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB2 2AL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

OXTOBY, Catherine Ada Mary→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-03
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Active
OXTOBY, Catherine Ada Mary→
director · ~71y · appointed 1998-04-03
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Active
SCHELPE, James Edmund→
director · ~68y · appointed 1998-04-03
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Active
RESOLUTION SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-13 · resigned 1998-04-04
Resigned
RESOLUTION DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-13 · resigned 1998-04-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15