COVERALL CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04330060 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-28
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£305.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Risk and damage evaluation
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
64 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £305,364
Cash YoY
+7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£153k
↑ 6.7% YoY
Net Worth
£305k
↑ 2.6% YoY
Current Assets
£331k
↑ 2.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£66k£132k£198k£264k£331kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£305.4k£297.7k
Current assets£330.5k£323.8k
Cash£153.1k£143.6k
Debtors£173.8k£176.7k
Net assets£305.4k£297.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-02
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  3. 2025-01-07
    ➖
    TANKARD, Sheila resigned
    secretary
  4. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2022-08-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2021-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-12-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2020-12-16
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Robert James appointed
    director
  13. 2019-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2001-11-28
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    Company incorporated
    As COVERALL CONSULTING LIMITED
  17. 2001-11-28
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Colin J appointed
    director
  18. 2001-11-28
    ➕
    TANKARD, Sheila appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-11-28
    ➕
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2001-11-28
    ➖
    HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-11-28
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    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2001-11-28
    ➖
    HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 82 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Colin J Mcintosh
Individual · British · DOB 08/1944 · age 82
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Deborah Jane Holeceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2001-11-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66210 — Risk and damage evaluation

Registered office

C/O Keelings, Broad House
The Broadway
Old Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL9 5BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-12
Last: 2026-05-29

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCINTOSH, Colin J→
director · ~82y · appointed 2001-11-28
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Active
MCINTOSH, Robert James→
director · ~54y · appointed 2020-12-16
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Active
TANKARD, Sheila→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-28 · resigned 2025-01-07
Resigned
HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-28 · resigned 2001-11-28
Resigned
HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-28 · resigned 2001-11-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-08-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08