AFRICA RISK CONSULTING LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-16📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2015-10-16📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2015-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-30➖SIMMONS, David resignedsecretary
- 2006-09-26🏢Company incorporatedAs AFRICA RISK CONSULTING LIMITED
- 2006-09-26➕O'CONNOR, Tara Patricia appointeddirector
- 2006-09-26➕SIMMONS, David appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Tara Patricia O'Connor Individual · Irish · DOB 02/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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