ALQUIST CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04939814 · ltd · incorporated 2003-10-22
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
🔒Estimated value
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Computer facilities management activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
61 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-25
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    address · AD02
  3. 2024-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-14
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-03-01
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    HODGES, Jane Elizabeth appointed
    director
  12. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-16
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-09-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-09-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2003-10-24
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    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  18. 2003-10-24
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    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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  19. 2003-10-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ALQUIST CONSULTING LIMITED
  20. 2003-10-22
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    HODGES, Jane Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-10-22
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    JONES, Andrew Richard appointed
    director
  22. 2003-10-22
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    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-10-22
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    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Richard Jones
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control22/10/2016
Ms Jane Elizabeth Hodges
Individual · British · DOB 11/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/03/2019

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
Incorporated2003-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62030 — Computer facilities management activities

Registered office

Milton Hall Ely Road
Milton
Cambridge
CB24 6WZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HODGES, Jane Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-22
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Active
HODGES, Jane Elizabeth→
director · ~54y · appointed 2019-03-01
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Active
JONES, Andrew Richard→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-10-22
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Active
HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-10-22 · resigned 2003-10-24
Resigned
HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-10-22 · resigned 2003-10-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-19