2020 MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LTD.

💤Zombieactive
04363742 · ltd · incorporated 2002-01-30
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£158.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 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 £158,146
Net assets shrinking
Down £56,904 YoY
Cash YoY
-0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£278k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£158k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£56k£111k£167k£223k£278kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£158.1k£215.1k
Cash£278.1k£278.4k
Net assets£158.1k£215.1k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-12-01
    ➖
    WINTER, Andrew James resigned
    director
  4. 2025-09-23
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    administrative-restoration-company
    restoration · RT01
  5. 2025-07-15
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    gazette-dissolved-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ2
  6. 2025-05-20
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  7. 2025-04-22
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-04-07
    ➕
    WINTER, Nicola Zoe appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-04-07
    ➕
    WINTER, Andrew James appointed
    director
  19. 2007-04-06
    ➖
    WINTER, Andrew James resigned
    secretary
  20. 2002-01-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 2020 MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LTD.
  21. 2002-01-30
    ➕
    WINTER, Nicholas Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2002-01-30
    ➕
    WINTER, Andrew James appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Nicholas Paul Winter
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control15/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 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
Incorporated2002-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

15 Rowan Shaw
Tonbridge
TN10 3QB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WINTER, Nicola Zoe→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINTER, Nicholas Paul→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-01-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINTER, Andrew James→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-30 · resigned 2007-04-06
Resigned
WINTER, Andrew James→
director · ~51y · appointed 2007-04-07 · resigned 2025-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
administrative-restoration-company
restoration · RT01
2025-09-23
gazette-dissolved-compulsory
gazette · GAZ2
2025-07-15
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2025-05-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-31