SPEARHEAD AND PARTNERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03911061 · ltd · incorporated 2000-01-21
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 Jul 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 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 (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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
79 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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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees1100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-12-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-12-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-08-31
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2019-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-08-20
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  18. 2019-06-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  19. 2018-07-02
    ➖
    WINTON, Philippa Jane resigned
    secretary
  20. 2000-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As SPEARHEAD AND PARTNERS LIMITED
  21. 2000-01-21
    ➕
    WINTON, Douglas Harry appointed
    director
  22. 2000-01-21
    ➕
    WINTON, Philippa Jane appointed
    secretary
  23. 2000-01-21
    ➕
    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-01-21
    ➖
    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 26 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Douglas Harry Winton
Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting21/01/2017

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
Incorporated2000-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Signal House
Jacklyns Lane
Alresford
SO24 9JJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

WINTON, Douglas Harry→
director · ~74y · appointed 2000-01-21
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Active
WINTON, Philippa Jane→
secretary · appointed 2000-01-21 · resigned 2018-07-02
Resigned
ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-01-21 · resigned 2000-01-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-21