THE QUIET CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

08443038 · ltd · incorporated 2013-03-13

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

£-16.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 80). 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

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £15,955

Cash YoY

-5%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6k

↓ 5.1% YoY

Net Worth

-£16k

↓ 159% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↓ 32% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£-16.0k	£-6.2k
Current assets	£5.9k	£8.6k
Cash	£5.9k	£6.2k
Debtors	—	£2.5k
Net assets	£-16.0k	£-6.2k

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

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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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2025-05-29
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accounts · AA
2024-06-26
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accounts · AA
2023-08-02
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accounts · AA
2022-08-17
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accounts · AA
2021-09-24
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accounts · AA
2020-06-26
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accounts · AA
2019-04-24
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accounts · AA
2018-06-14
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accounts · AA
2018-04-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-07-10
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accounts · AA
2016-06-10
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accounts · AA
2016-03-23
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-24
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address · AD01
2015-11-12
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address · AD01
2015-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-03-13
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Company incorporated
As THE QUIET CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2013-03-13
➕
DAVIES, James Christopher Meredith appointed
secretary
2013-03-13
➕
DAVIES, James Christopher Meredith appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

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 age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 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 13 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
Mr James Christopher Meredith Davies Individual · British · DOB 10/1946 · age 80	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

Incorporated2013-03-13

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

61 Rodney Street

Liverpool

L1 9ER

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-27

Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIES, James Christopher Meredith→

secretary · appointed 2013-03-13

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DAVIES, James Christopher Meredith→

director · ~80y · appointed 2013-03-13

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