ANN SKIDMORE ASSOCIATES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04696991 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-13
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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, 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, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees1100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-23
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  3. 2025-09-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-09-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-13
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2024-05-01
    ➕
    CAVENDER, Andrew David appointed
    secretary
  8. 2024-05-01
    ➖
    SKIDMORE, Barbara Enid resigned
    secretary
  9. 2024-05-01
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2023-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-03-27
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  15. 2020-03-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-03-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-03-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2003-04-07
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    SKIDMORE, Ann Beverley appointed
    director
  21. 2003-04-07
    ➕
    SKIDMORE, Barbara Enid appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-03-18
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  23. 2003-03-18
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ANN SKIDMORE ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  25. 2003-03-13
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-03-13
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    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 "SKIDMORE" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 69. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Ms Ann Beverley Skidmore
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

1 Poolfield Road
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 8EB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CAVENDER, Andrew David→
secretary · appointed 2024-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKIDMORE, Ann Beverley→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKIDMORE, Barbara Enid→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-07 · resigned 2024-05-01
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-13 · resigned 2003-03-18
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-13 · resigned 2003-03-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-20
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-09-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-05-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-17