AILNOTH CONSULTANTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06040152 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-03
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£190.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
52 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 £190,336
Cash YoY
+22%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£140k
↑ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£190k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£189k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£38k£76k£114k£152k£190kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£190.3k£165.0k
Current assets£189.1k£159.8k
Cash£139.9k£114.6k
Debtors£49.2k£45.2k
Net assets£190.3k£165.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-18
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  2. 2024-06-28
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  3. 2023-08-15
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  4. 2022-03-16
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  5. 2021-05-07
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  6. 2020-08-19
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  7. 2019-09-12
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  8. 2018-09-27
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  11. 2016-02-01
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  13. 2015-01-05
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  15. 2007-03-02
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  16. 2007-02-16
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    HOPKING, Patricia Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  17. 2007-01-16
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    HOPKING, Clement James resigned
    secretary
  18. 2007-01-03
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    Company incorporated
    As AILNOTH CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  19. 2007-01-03
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    HOPKING, Clement James appointed
    director
  20. 2007-01-03
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    HOPKING, Clement James appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-01-03
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    HOPKING, Nancy 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 69 — 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 69. 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
Mr Clement James Hopking
Individual · British · DOB 01/1957 · 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
Incorporated2007-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Priory House
Magdalene Street
Glastonbury
Somerset
BA6 9EJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HOPKING, Patricia Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-16
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Active
HOPKING, Clement James→
director · ~69y · appointed 2007-01-03
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Active
HOPKING, Clement James→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-03 · resigned 2007-01-16
Resigned
HOPKING, Nancy→
director · ~94y · appointed 2007-01-03 · resigned 2007-03-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

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2025-01-29
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2024-06-28
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2024-06-19
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2024-01-22
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2023-08-15
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2023-02-03
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2022-03-16
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2022-01-13
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2021-05-07
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2021-02-02
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2020-08-19
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2020-02-06
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2019-09-12