AGILITY IN MIND LTD
💤Zombieactive
07289974 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-21
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (78/100)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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
69 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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| Average employees | 900 | 1300 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-22📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-08📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-03-31➖MEAKIN, Michelle Jane resigneddirector
- 2025-03-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-31📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-08-07📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2024-07-30📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2024-07-29📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-07-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-07-15➖SCOTCHER, Edward James resigneddirector
- 2024-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-01📄change-person-secretary-companyofficers · CH03
- 2021-07-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-10-01➖EVANS, Duncan resigneddirector
- 2018-09-01➕MEAKIN, Michelle Jane appointeddirector
- 2016-09-14➕EVANS, Duncan appointeddirector
- 2015-10-01➖REINDL, Simon Andrew resigneddirector
- 2013-12-01➕REINDL, Simon Andrew appointeddirector
- 2013-06-19➕JONES, Andrew Derek Peter appointedsecretary
- 2013-06-19➖JONES, Laura Alison resignedsecretary
- 2012-04-06➕SCOTCHER, Edward James appointeddirector
- 2010-06-21🏢Company incorporatedAs AGILITY IN MIND LTD
- 2010-06-21➕JONES, Andrew Derek Peter appointeddirector
- 2010-06-21➕JONES, Laura Alison appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Andrew Derek Peter Jones Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 21/06/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Edward James Scotcherceased 15/07/2024· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Active · Professional services · SN postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADVICE ON WEALTH LTD→ 05346635 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| AGILE TERRIERS LIMITED→ 15749847 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AGNIESZKATAX LTD→ 10712095 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| AH EDUCATION CONSULTANT LIMITED→ 07624232 · est 2011 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| AIB ACCOUNTANCY LTD→ 11095020 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AIREY CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED→ 03518844 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
| AISA LTD→ 03538131 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
| AJ CONSULTING SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 16081693 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AJC PLANNING DESIGN LTD→ 16881320 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AKORA LIMITED→ 15830586 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALAN MUMBY LIMITED→ 11248333 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ALAT ACCOUNTING SERVICES LIMITED→ 14689465 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
17 The Market Place
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 1HT
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-05
Last: 2025-06-21
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
JONES, Andrew Derek Peter→
Activesecretary · appointed 2013-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Andrew Derek Peter→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2010-06-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Laura Alison→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-06-21 · resigned 2013-06-19
EVANS, Duncan→
Resigneddirector · ~44y · appointed 2016-09-14 · resigned 2018-10-01
MEAKIN, Michelle Jane→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2018-09-01 · resigned 2025-03-31
REINDL, Simon Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2013-12-01 · resigned 2015-10-01
SCOTCHER, Edward James→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2012-04-06 · resigned 2024-07-15
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Recent filings (69 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-04-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-31
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-08-07
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-07-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-07-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04