ALICIA CAVANAGH ASSOCIATES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

07502178 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-24

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

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

£157.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

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 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. 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

37 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £157,699

Net assets shrinking

Down £18,329 YoY

Cash YoY

-9%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£160k

↓ 8.9% YoY

Net Worth

£158k

↓ 10% YoY

Current Assets

£160k

↓ 10% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Total assets	£157.7k	£176.0k
Current assets	£159.5k	£177.8k
Cash	£159.5k	£175.2k
Debtors	—	£2.6k
Net assets	£157.7k	£176.0k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-04-30
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-08-19
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-03-24
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-03-24
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-10-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-02-07
📄
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-02-07
📄
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-10-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2016-06-08
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2011-01-24
🏢
Company incorporated
As ALICIA CAVANAGH ASSOCIATES LIMITED
2011-01-24
➕
CAVANAGH, Alicia Margaret appointed
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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CAVANAGH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Alicia Margaret Cavanagh Individual · Irish · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services · SL postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
AL RAYAN SERVICES LTD→ 17042947 · est 2026 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
AL-NASR LIMITED→ 07426616 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
ALASTAIR MCIVOR TRAINING LIMITED→ 06794790 · est 2009 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	17y	—	—
ALB HOMECARE LTD→ 15091670 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ALBARAKA LIMITED→ 03876468 · est 1999 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	26y	—	—
ALBE GLOBAL PARTNERS LIMITED→ 13754179 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
ALDERVERUM LTD→ 07539229 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
ALDIN ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD→ 11827996 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ALDISS GEOLOGICAL CONSULTING LTD→ 12719718 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
ALEMUS LIMITED→ 08347288 · est 2013 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	13y	—	—
ALEXANDRA ACCOUNTING LIMITED→ 10309326 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
ALIGN CARE SERVICES LTD→ 15533770 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-01-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

11 Castle Hill

Maidenhead

Berkshire

SL6 4AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-07

Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CAVANAGH, Alicia Margaret→

director · ~60y · appointed 2011-01-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.