AZURE CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04511647 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-15
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
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year to Oct 2024
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees300300

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
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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-06-21
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  3. 2023-06-01
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  4. 2022-09-27
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  5. 2022-05-27
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-11
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    address · AD01
  7. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  8. 2020-07-31
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  9. 2019-09-25
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  10. 2019-07-18
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  11. 2018-06-26
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  12. 2017-08-04
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  13. 2016-05-24
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  14. 2015-10-13
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  15. 2015-06-16
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-02-01
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    ALDERSON, Susan Catherine appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-01-31
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    WHEATER, Julia Mary resigned
    secretary
  18. 2005-01-31
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    WHEATER, Julia Mary resigned
    director
  19. 2002-10-09
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    ALDERSON, Susan Catherine appointed
    director
  20. 2002-10-09
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    KLEIN, Sharon Ruth appointed
    director
  21. 2002-10-09
    ➕
    WHEATER, Julia Mary appointed
    secretary
  22. 2002-10-09
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    COBBETTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2002-10-09
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    WHEATER, Julia Mary appointed
    director
  24. 2002-10-09
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    COBBETTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  25. 2002-08-15
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    Company incorporated
    As AZURE CONSULTING LIMITED
  26. 2002-08-15
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    COBBETTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2002-08-15
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    COBBETTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Susan Catherine Alderson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Ms Sharon Ruth Klein
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

5-7 St. Pauls Street
Leeds
LS1 2JG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ALDERSON, Susan Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-01
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Active
ALDERSON, Susan Catherine→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-10-09
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Active
KLEIN, Sharon Ruth→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-10-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHEATER, Julia Mary→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-09 · resigned 2005-01-31
Resigned
COBBETTS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2002-08-15 · resigned 2002-10-09
Resigned
WHEATER, Julia Mary→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-10-09 · resigned 2005-01-31
Resigned
COBBETTS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2002-08-15 · resigned 2002-10-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
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accounts · AA
2025-07-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-25