AH PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05260774 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-15
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£251.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £251,817
Cash YoY
+165%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£41k
↑ 165% YoY
Net Worth
£252k
↑ 2.5% YoY
Current Assets
£171k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£50k£101k£151k£201k£252kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£316.1k£311.8k
Current assets£170.5k£150.4k
Cash£40.6k£15.3k
Debtors£129.9k£135.1k
Net assets£251.8k£245.6k

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-02
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  2. 2025-04-07
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  3. 2025-04-07
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  4. 2024-07-30
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  5. 2023-11-24
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    BURNELL, Denise Julie resigned
    director
  6. 2023-07-31
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  7. 2022-07-29
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  8. 2021-07-30
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  9. 2020-10-20
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  10. 2019-07-29
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  11. 2018-07-31
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  12. 2017-10-30
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  13. 2017-07-31
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  14. 2016-07-28
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  15. 2015-11-12
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  16. 2015-07-29
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  17. 2005-11-01
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    BURNELL, Denise Julie appointed
    director
  18. 2004-10-15
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    Company incorporated
    As AH PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
  19. 2004-10-15
    ➕
    MCA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2004-10-15
    ➕
    GIBBS, John appointed
    director
  21. 2004-10-15
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-10-15
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-10-15
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2004-10-15
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 61. 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
Mr John Gibbs
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Denise Burnellceased 24/11/2023· significant influence

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
Incorporated2004-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Stanley House
49 Dartford Road
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 3TE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBBS, John→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-10-15 · resigned 2004-10-15
Resigned
BURNELL, Denise Julie→
director · ~62y · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2023-11-24
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-10-15 · resigned 2004-10-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
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accounts · AA
2025-09-02
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officers · TM01
2025-04-07
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2025-04-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
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accounts · AA
2024-07-30
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2023-10-20
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2023-07-31
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2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-15
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accounts · AA
2021-07-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-25