ACCLAIM CONSULTING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06556614 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-07
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£11.8k
book net assets
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
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £11,830
Net assets shrinking
Down £33,954 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£12k
↓ 74% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↓ 63% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£19k£29k£39k£49kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£14.7k£48.3k
Current assets£17.8k£48.7k
Net assets£11.8k£45.8k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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  2. 2024-08-08
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  3. 2023-06-05
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  4. 2022-06-27
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  5. 2021-07-26
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  6. 2020-09-08
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  7. 2020-09-08
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  8. 2020-09-08
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  9. 2020-07-03
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  10. 2019-07-22
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  11. 2018-08-01
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  12. 2017-07-14
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  13. 2016-06-06
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  14. 2016-06-02
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  15. 2016-04-15
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    address · AD01
  16. 2012-02-29
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    FRANKIS, John resigned
    director
  17. 2012-02-29
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    FRANKIS, Karen Dina Ghisell resigned
    director
  18. 2008-04-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCLAIM CONSULTING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  19. 2008-04-07
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    AWBERY, Helen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-04-07
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    AWBERY, Helen appointed
    director
  21. 2008-04-07
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    AWBERY, Mark Alfred appointed
    director
  22. 2008-04-07
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    FRANKIS, John appointed
    director
  23. 2008-04-07
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    FRANKIS, Karen Dina Ghisell 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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Alfred Awbery
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/05/2016

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
Incorporated2008-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

14 Wellfield Gardens
Carshalton
SM5 4EA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-19
Last: 2026-05-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

AWBERY, Helen→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-07
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Active
AWBERY, Helen→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-04-07
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Active
AWBERY, Mark Alfred→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-04-07
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Active
FRANKIS, John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-04-07 · resigned 2012-02-29
Resigned
FRANKIS, Karen Dina Ghisell→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-04-07 · resigned 2012-02-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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2026-05-07
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2025-07-28
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2025-05-09
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2024-08-08
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2024-05-14
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2023-06-05
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2023-05-16
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2022-06-27
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2022-05-05
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accounts · AA
2021-07-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
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officers · CH01
2020-09-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-08
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address · AD01
2020-09-08
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accounts · AA
2020-07-03