AB CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05657598 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-19
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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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£11.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
49 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 £10,986
Cash YoY
+83%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↑ 83% YoY
Net Worth
£11k
↑ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£13k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£5k£8k£11k£13kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£11.0k£7.8k
Current assets£13.5k£9.7k
Cash£8.9k£4.9k
Debtors£4.6k£4.9k
Net assets£11.0k£7.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-05-01
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-05-01
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  5. 2025-05-01
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-29
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  8. 2022-09-22
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  9. 2021-09-30
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  10. 2020-11-17
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  11. 2019-09-24
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  12. 2018-09-12
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  13. 2017-09-28
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  14. 2016-09-21
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  15. 2016-01-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-10-03
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    BYNG, Sharron appointed
    director
  17. 2005-12-19
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    Company incorporated
    As AB CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  18. 2005-12-19
    ➕
    BYNG, Sharron appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-12-19
    ➕
    BEASLEY, Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 2005-12-19
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-12-19
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-12-19
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2005-12-19
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
Anthony Beasley
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-12-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Saxon & Co, Kings Chambers
Queens Cross, High Street
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 1QT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BYNG, Sharron→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEASLEY, Anthony→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-12-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BYNG, Sharron→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-12-19 · resigned 2005-12-19
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-12-19 · resigned 2005-12-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-01
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-05-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-08