ARDAN TRAINING CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05856798 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-23

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£1.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,922

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£2k

↑ 3904% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↑ 51% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£3.0k	£2.0k
Current assets	£5.5k	£3.7k
Net assets	£1.9k	£48

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-02-23
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2025-02-14
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2023-11-16
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2023-03-24
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2022-03-22
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2021-03-15
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2020-02-26
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accounts · AA
2019-06-12
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address · AD01
2019-03-21
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accounts · AA
2018-03-20
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accounts · AA
2017-03-30
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accounts · AA
2016-05-12
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annual-return · AR01
2016-05-12
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officers · CH01
2016-03-10
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accounts · AA
2015-06-26
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officers · CH01
2015-05-27
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address · AD01
2015-04-24
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NALDRETT, Vanessa resigned
secretary
2015-04-24
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NALDRETT, Vanessa Mary resigned
director
2014-11-02
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NALDRETT, Vanessa Mary appointed
director
2011-04-03
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NALDRETT, Steve resigned
secretary
2011-04-03
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NALDRETT, Vanessa appointed
secretary
2011-04-01
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NALDRETT, Vanessa resigned
director
2007-09-26
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NALDRETT, Steven appointed
director
2006-06-23
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Company incorporated
As ARDAN TRAINING CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2006-06-23
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NALDRETT, Steve appointed
secretary
2006-06-23
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NALDRETT, Vanessa 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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 19 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Steve Derek Naldrett Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	24/04/2017

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-06-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

51 Lowfield Road

Beverley

HU17 9RF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-26

Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

NALDRETT, Steven→

director · ~65y · appointed 2007-09-26

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Active

NALDRETT, Steve→

secretary · appointed 2006-06-23 · resigned 2011-04-03

Resigned

NALDRETT, Vanessa→

secretary · appointed 2011-04-03 · resigned 2015-04-24

Resigned

NALDRETT, Vanessa Mary→

director · ~65y · appointed 2014-11-02 · resigned 2015-04-24

Resigned

NALDRETT, Vanessa→

director · ~56y · appointed 2006-06-23 · resigned 2011-04-01

Resigned

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