ANN HOLMAN COMPANY LTD

💤Zombieactive
04725244 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-07
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 Apr 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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 (77/100)

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 (1 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
84 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£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees100100

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
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Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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  2. 2025-04-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-04-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-04-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2023-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2023-01-10
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  8. 2022-01-13
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  9. 2021-06-21
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    address · AD01
  10. 2021-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  11. 2020-01-27
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  12. 2019-01-21
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-06-07
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    MOORE, Barbara Joy resigned
    secretary
  17. 2006-09-30
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    FARMER, Andrew John resigned
    director
  18. 2006-09-29
    ➖
    HOLMAN, Mark resigned
    secretary
  19. 2006-09-29
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    MOORE, Barbara Joy appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-03-03
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    WATSON, Kerry Clare resigned
    secretary
  21. 2005-02-03
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    HOLMAN, Mark appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-05-07
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    HOLMAN, Ann appointed
    director
  23. 2003-05-07
    ➕
    WATSON, Kerry Clare appointed
    secretary
  24. 2003-05-07
    ➕
    FARMER, Andrew John appointed
    director
  25. 2003-04-10
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-04-10
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2003-04-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ANN HOLMAN COMPANY LTD
  28. 2003-04-07
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-04-07
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD 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 "HOLMAN" — 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 58 — 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 58. 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Ann Holman
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting10/04/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Ann Holmanceased 10/04/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2003-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

2 Halfyard Court
Wellington
Somerset
TA21 9FR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

HOLMAN, Ann→
director · ~58y · appointed 2003-05-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOLMAN, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-03 · resigned 2006-09-29
Resigned
MOORE, Barbara Joy→
secretary · appointed 2006-09-29 · resigned 2010-06-07
Resigned
WATSON, Kerry Clare→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-07 · resigned 2005-03-03
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-07 · resigned 2003-04-10
Resigned
FARMER, Andrew John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-05-07 · resigned 2006-09-30
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-07 · resigned 2003-04-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-13