VERITATIS CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05754531 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£915
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
55 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 £915

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£915
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£3
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£183£366£549£732£915Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3£3
Current assets£3£3
Net assets£915£902

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-12-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2016-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-15
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2016-01-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2015-09-16
    ➖
    DEACON, Charles Julian resigned
    director
  17. 2014-02-03
    ➕
    PILKINGTON, Simon Mark appointed
    secretary
  18. 2014-01-31
    ➖
    DEACON, Charles Julian resigned
    secretary
  19. 2011-01-31
    ➖
    DEACON, Patricia Chee Pang resigned
    director
  20. 2006-10-18
    ➕
    OWEN, Julie Ann appointed
    director
  21. 2006-03-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As VERITATIS CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  22. 2006-03-23
    ➕
    DEACON, Charles Julian appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-03-23
    ➕
    DEACON, Charles Julian appointed
    director
  24. 2006-03-23
    ➕
    DEACON, Patricia Chee Pang appointed
    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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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
Mrs Patricia Chee Pang Deacon
Individual · Australian · DOB 12/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

15 Kingsyard Rope Street
Stoke-On-Trent
Staffordshire
ST4 6DJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PILKINGTON, Simon Mark→
secretary · appointed 2014-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OWEN, Julie Ann→
director · ~68y · appointed 2006-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEACON, Charles Julian→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-23 · resigned 2014-01-31
Resigned
DEACON, Charles Julian→
director · ~84y · appointed 2006-03-23 · resigned 2015-09-16
Resigned
DEACON, Patricia Chee Pang→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-03-23 · resigned 2011-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-18