A TOPHAM INDEPENDENT CONSULTING LTD

💤Zombieactive

07640683 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-19

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 2026

Net worth

—

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

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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, 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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

38 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-07-15
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accounts · AA
2026-06-04
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2025-07-17
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accounts · AA
2024-07-04
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accounts · AA
2023-11-20
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accounts · AA
2022-07-01
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accounts · AA
2021-06-10
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accounts · AA
2020-10-28
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accounts · AA
2019-05-07
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accounts · AA
2018-07-05
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accounts · AA
2017-07-12
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accounts · AA
2016-11-30
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accounts · AA
2016-05-27
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annual-return · AR01
2015-05-22
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annual-return · AR01
2015-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2011-05-19
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Company incorporated
As A TOPHAM INDEPENDENT CONSULTING LTD
2011-05-19
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TOPHAM, Betty Jane appointed
secretary
2011-05-19
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TOPHAM, Andrew appointed
director
2011-05-19
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-05-19
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-05-19
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DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola appointed
director
2011-05-19
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DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola resigned
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 "TOPHAM" — 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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Topham Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · trust interest · firm interest	17/05/2017

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

Incorporated2011-05-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Oakdene

Whins Lane

Long Riston

East Yorkshire

HU11 5JS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-26

Last: 2026-05-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

TOPHAM, Betty Jane→

secretary · appointed 2011-05-19

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Active

TOPHAM, Andrew→

director · ~74y · appointed 2011-05-19

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-05-19 · resigned 2011-05-19

Resigned

DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola→

director · ~72y · appointed 2011-05-19 · resigned 2011-05-19

Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-07-15

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-06-04