ALBISTON BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05809062 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-08
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 90030Artistic creation
  • 96040Physical well-being activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 3 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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
0 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
73 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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees300-300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-03-31
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    ALBISTON-THOULESS, Michael Arthur resigned
    director
  4. 2025-09-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-09-01
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    SPENCE, Lawrence Michael appointed
    director
  6. 2025-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-07-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-06-30
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    GARMAN, Adeline resigned
    director
  9. 2025-06-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-04-30
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    GARMAN, Mark Kevin resigned
    director
  11. 2024-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-11-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2022-06-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2021-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-10-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  18. 2021-05-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2021-05-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2020-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-08-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2020-07-19
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    NICHOLL, Debra Jane resigned
    director
  23. 2020-07-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  24. 2020-07-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2020-07-01
    ➕
    GARMAN, Adeline appointed
    director
  26. 2020-07-01
    ➕
    GARMAN, Mark Kevin appointed
    director
  27. 2018-11-01
    ➕
    NICHOLL, Debra Jane appointed
    director
  28. 2013-11-14
    ➕
    ALBISTON-THOULESS, Michael Arthur appointed
    director
  29. 2011-07-12
    ➕
    ALBISTON-THOULESS, Angela Maree appointed
    secretary
  30. 2011-07-12
    ➖
    VINCENT, Brian Robert resigned
    secretary
  31. 2006-05-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBISTON BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  32. 2006-05-08
    ➕
    ALBISTON-THOULESS, Angela Maree appointed
    director
  33. 2006-05-08
    ➕
    VINCENT, Brian Robert appointed
    secretary

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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.
  • 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.)
🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-05-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

11 Neptune Way Yapton
Arundel
West Sussex
BN18 0XW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-15
Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

ALBISTON-THOULESS, Angela Maree→
secretary · appointed 2011-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALBISTON-THOULESS, Angela Maree→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPENCE, Lawrence Michael→
director · ~51y · appointed 2025-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VINCENT, Brian Robert→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-08 · resigned 2011-07-12
Resigned
ALBISTON-THOULESS, Michael Arthur→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-11-14 · resigned 2026-03-31
Resigned
GARMAN, Adeline→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-07-01 · resigned 2025-06-30
Resigned
GARMAN, Mark Kevin→
director · ~58y · appointed 2020-07-01 · resigned 2025-04-30
Resigned
NICHOLL, Debra Jane→
director · ~59y · appointed 2018-11-01 · resigned 2020-07-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28