ACHIEVE CONSULTANTS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
06488598 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-30
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees1100

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
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-24
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-01-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-01-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-01-01
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    JOLLY, David Keith appointed
    director
  6. 2024-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  9. 2021-07-16
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  10. 2021-02-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-02-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2020-06-22
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  13. 2019-10-10
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  14. 2018-10-10
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  15. 2018-08-29
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    address · AD01
  16. 2017-09-04
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-01-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ACHIEVE CONSULTANTS LTD.
  18. 2008-01-30
    ➕
    JOLLY, David Keith appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-01-30
    ➕
    JOLLY, Gillian Margaret appointed
    director
  20. 2008-01-30
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    CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2008-01-30
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    CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-01-30
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    CHETTLEBURGHS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2008-01-30
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    CHETTLEBURGHS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — 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
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Keith Jolly
Individual · British · DOB 11/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/01/2025
Mrs Gillian Margaret Jolly
Individual · British · DOB 01/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting31/01/2017

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
Incorporated2008-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Greenwood House
Skyliner Way
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP32 7GY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JOLLY, David Keith→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-30
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Active
JOLLY, David Keith→
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-01-01
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Active
JOLLY, Gillian Margaret→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-01-30
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Active
CHETTLEBURGH'S SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-30 · resigned 2008-01-30
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGHS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-01-30 · resigned 2008-01-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-09