CLARKESCONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

08047753 · ltd · incorporated 2012-04-26

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

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 84120

Sector: Public administration

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). 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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

29 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	100	100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-01-30
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accounts · AA
2025-01-28
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accounts · AA
2024-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-11-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-26
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-28
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-04-28
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2012-04-26
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Company incorporated
As CLARKESCONSULTANCY LIMITED
2012-04-26
➕
CLARKE, Mary Elizabeth 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 "CLARKE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 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

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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 14 years.
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
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Clarke Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68	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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2012-04-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC84120 — SIC 84120

Registered office

23 Church Street

Rickmansworth

Hertfordshire

WD3 1DE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-10

Last: 2026-04-26

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CLARKE, Mary Elizabeth→

director · ~68y · appointed 2012-04-26

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