21C CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05584173 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-05
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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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 strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees300200

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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  2. 2024-07-24
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  3. 2023-07-26
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  4. 2022-07-01
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  5. 2021-06-23
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  6. 2020-04-23
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  7. 2019-07-24
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  8. 2018-07-13
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  9. 2017-11-13
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2017-10-06
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    GLIDDEN, Julia Ann, Dr resigned
    director
  11. 2017-07-25
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  12. 2017-01-20
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2016-07-29
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  14. 2015-11-04
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  15. 2015-11-02
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  16. 2015-11-02
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    officers · CH03
  17. 2009-10-15
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    MCALEER, Susan Elizabeth Ruston appointed
    director
  18. 2009-01-12
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    MCALEER, Susan Elizabeth Ruston appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-01-12
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    CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2006-10-06
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    TAYLOR, Brian Michael resigned
    secretary
  21. 2006-10-06
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    CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-02-28
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    TAYLOR, Brian Michael appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-02-28
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    EAC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-10-25
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    GLIDDEN, Julia Ann, Dr appointed
    director
  25. 2005-10-25
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    21C CONSULTANCY LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  26. 2005-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As 21C CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  27. 2005-10-05
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    EAC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2005-10-05
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    21C CONSULTANCY LTD appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
Mrs Susan Elizabeth Ruston Mcaleer
Individual · British · DOB 08/1977 · age 49
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Acorn House 33 Churchfield Road
Acton
London
W3 6AY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

MCALEER, Susan Elizabeth Ruston→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCALEER, Susan Elizabeth Ruston→
director · ~49y · appointed 2009-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Brian Michael→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-28 · resigned 2006-10-06
Resigned
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-10-06 · resigned 2009-01-12
Resigned
EAC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-10-05 · resigned 2006-02-28
Resigned
GLIDDEN, Julia Ann, Dr→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-10-25 · resigned 2017-10-06
Resigned
21C CONSULTANCY LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-10-05 · resigned 2005-10-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

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2025-10-07
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accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
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accounts · AA
2024-07-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-16