RVC CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04479508 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-08

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£172.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £172,524

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£173k

↑ 2.4% YoY

Current Assets

£9k

↑ 58% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£180.6k	£176.6k
Current assets	£8.8k	£5.6k
Net assets	£172.5k	£168.5k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-04-24
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2025-02-17
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2024-02-26
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accounts · AA
2023-01-23
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accounts · AA
2022-02-09
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accounts · AA
2021-04-21
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accounts · AA
2020-04-08
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accounts · AA
2020-01-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-04-29
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accounts · AA
2018-04-30
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accounts · AA
2017-04-26
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accounts · AA
2016-11-28
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HEATHERSHAW, Sally appointed
secretary
2016-11-28
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officers · AP03
2016-11-28
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address · AD01
2016-11-28
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officers · TM02
2016-11-27
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VAN CRUMP, Anthony resigned
secretary
2016-07-08
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officers · CH01
2002-07-08
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Company incorporated
As RVC CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2002-07-08
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HEATHERSHAW, Sally appointed
director
2002-07-08
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VAN CRUMP, Anthony appointed
secretary
2002-07-08
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CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-07-08
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CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-07-08
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CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-07-08
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CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
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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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Sally Heathershaw Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2002-07-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Old Mill Cottage

32 Lake View

Calne

SN11 8JA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-15

Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HEATHERSHAW, Sally→

secretary · appointed 2016-11-28

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Active

HEATHERSHAW, Sally→

director · ~68y · appointed 2002-07-08

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Active

VAN CRUMP, Anthony→

secretary · appointed 2002-07-08 · resigned 2016-11-27

Resigned

CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-08 · resigned 2002-07-08

Resigned

CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-08 · resigned 2002-07-08

Resigned

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