BYRON LONGSTAFF INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04646699 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-24

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

£38.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £38,447

Cash YoY

+123%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£96k

↑ 123% YoY

Net Worth

£38k

↑ 19% YoY

Current Assets

£97k

↑ 106% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£38.7k	£32.3k
Current assets	£97.1k	£47.3k
Cash	£96.2k	£43.2k
Debtors	£873	£4.0k
Net assets	£38.4k	£32.2k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-10-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-10
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capital · SH01
2020-08-10
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statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2020-08-10
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-08-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-06-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-10-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-05-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-09
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annual-return · AR01
2003-01-24
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Company incorporated
As BYRON LONGSTAFF INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2003-01-24
➕
MACPHERSON, Fiona Christine appointed
secretary
2003-01-24
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LONGSTAFF, Byron appointed
director
2003-01-24
➕
KELLY, Sean Stephen, Mr. appointed
nominee-secretary
2003-01-24
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KELLY, Sean Stephen, Mr. resigned
nominee-secretary
2003-01-24
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CORPORATE LEGAL LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-01-24
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CORPORATE LEGAL LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LONGSTAFF" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mr Byron Longstaff Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60	—	75–100%	75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-01-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

17 The Hawthorns

East Boldon

Tyne & Wear

NE36 0DP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MACPHERSON, Fiona Christine→

secretary · appointed 2003-01-24

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Active

LONGSTAFF, Byron→

director · ~60y · appointed 2003-01-24

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Active

KELLY, Sean Stephen, Mr.→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-24 · resigned 2003-01-24

Resigned

CORPORATE LEGAL LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-24 · resigned 2003-01-24

Resigned

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