ANDREW JOHN CONSULTING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06566973 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-16
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£168.5k
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 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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -33% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 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 £168,504
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,891 YoY
Cash YoY
-33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£13k
↓ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£169k
↓ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£14k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£34k£69k£103k£137k£171kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£168.9k£172.1k
Current assets£14.0k£23.7k
Cash£13.2k£19.7k
Debtors£847£4.0k
Net assets£168.5k£171.4k

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 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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  2. 2024-10-31
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  3. 2023-11-13
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  4. 2022-12-01
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  5. 2021-09-27
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  6. 2020-11-13
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  8. 2018-11-21
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  9. 2017-12-06
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  10. 2016-10-13
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  13. 2015-04-24
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  16. 2008-04-17
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  18. 2008-04-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDREW JOHN CONSULTING LIMITED
  19. 2008-04-16
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    ANDREWS, Julie Angela appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-04-16
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    ANDREWS, Andrew John appointed
    director
  21. 2008-04-16
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    ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
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  22. 2008-04-16
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    ABERGAN REED LTD appointed
    corporate-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 18 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 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew John Andrews
Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2008-04-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

172 Westerleigh Road
Emersons Green
Bristol
BS16 7AN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ANDREWS, Julie Angela→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDREWS, Andrew John→
director · ~69y · appointed 2008-04-16
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Active
ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-04-16 · resigned 2008-04-17
Resigned
ABERGAN REED LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-16 · resigned 2008-04-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

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2026-04-16
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2025-12-11
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2025-05-06
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2024-10-31
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2024-04-16
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2023-11-13
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2023-04-20
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2022-12-01
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2022-04-19
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2021-09-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
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2020-11-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-16
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accounts · AA
2019-10-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-16