ASPECT CONSULTING GROUP LTD

🌳Matureactive

06276245 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-12

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£13.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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, 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

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 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 £13,472

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£13k

↑ 154% YoY

Current Assets

£48k

↑ 95% 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	£62.8k	£10.5k
Current assets	£47.8k	£24.5k
Net assets	£13.5k	£-24.7k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-01-20
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2023-03-20
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2022-01-08
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2021-06-30
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accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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accounts · AA
2019-11-11
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officers · CH01
2019-11-08
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2018-10-10
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accounts · AA
2017-11-06
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2017-01-31
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2016-02-13
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2015-07-28
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2014-07-01
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PAYNE, Clare Elizabeth appointed
director
2007-06-12
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Company incorporated
As ASPECT CONSULTING GROUP LTD
2007-06-12
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PAYNE, Clare Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2007-06-12
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PAYNE, Andrew Simon appointed
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Simon Payne Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	21/07/2016
Mrs Clare Elizabeth Payne Individual · British · DOB 07/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	21/07/2016

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

Incorporated2007-06-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Hillford House, Brookside

Pontesbury

Shrewsbury

SY5 0QF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-06

Last: 2026-06-22

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

PAYNE, Clare Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2007-06-12

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PAYNE, Andrew Simon→

director · ~60y · appointed 2007-06-12

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PAYNE, Clare Elizabeth→

director · ~55y · appointed 2014-07-01

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