ACHIEVERS CONSULTANCY AND TRAINING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04101464 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-02
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 Mar 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 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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, 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-24
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-01-01
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    WATTS, David James resigned
    secretary
  17. 2000-11-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ACHIEVERS CONSULTANCY AND TRAINING LIMITED
  18. 2000-11-02
    ➕
    WATTS, Ian David appointed
    director
  19. 2000-11-02
    ➕
    WATTS, David James appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-11-02
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2000-11-02
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS 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 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 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 Ian David Watts
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2000-11-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

White Wheels Wingrave Road
Aston Abbotts
Aylesbury
HP22 4LU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

WATTS, Ian David→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-11-02
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Active
WATTS, David James→
secretary · appointed 2000-11-02 · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-02 · resigned 2000-11-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-12-29