ANTENEN CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03894792 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-15
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-28.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £28,276

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£28k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£1k
↓ 7.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£32k-£25k-£19k-£12k-£5k£1kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-6.1k£-10.1k
Current assets£1.1k£1.2k
Net assets£-28.3k£-32.0k

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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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-16
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  3. 2024-09-30
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  4. 2024-09-27
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    address · AD01
  5. 2024-08-12
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  6. 2024-01-20
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  7. 2024-01-20
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  8. 2024-01-20
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  9. 2024-01-20
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  10. 2024-01-20
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    officers · CH03
  11. 2023-09-21
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  12. 2022-09-28
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  13. 2022-02-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  15. 2020-12-07
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  16. 2019-09-30
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  17. 2019-07-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 1999-12-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ANTENEN CONSULTING LIMITED
  19. 1999-12-15
    ➕
    HELLICAR, Suzannah appointed
    secretary
  20. 1999-12-15
    ➕
    ANTENEN, Peter Christian Charles appointed
    director
  21. 1999-12-15
    ➕
    HELLICAR, Suzannah appointed
    director
  22. 1999-12-15
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1999-12-15
    ➖
    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-12-15
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    KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1999-12-15
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    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANTENEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Christian Charles Antenen
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Ms Suzannah Hellicar
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-12-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

12 Salcombe Road
Sidmouth
EX10 8PL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HELLICAR, Suzannah→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANTENEN, Peter Christian Charles→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HELLICAR, Suzannah→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-12-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-15 · resigned 1999-12-15
Resigned
KEY LEGAL SERVICES (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-12-15 · resigned 1999-12-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-12