AMICULUM CONSULTING LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
08476405 · ltd · incorporated 2013-04-05
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Public relations and communications activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £912,814

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Profit before tax£912.8k£1.46M
Average employees609300

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-11
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  4. 2024-06-01
    GATLEY, Claire appointed
    secretary
  5. 2024-05-10
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  6. 2024-05-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-05-09
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-02-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-09
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2023-06-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-05-31
    PUTIN, Michael resigned
    secretary
  12. 2023-05-31
    PUTIN, Michael resigned
    director
  13. 2023-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-01-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2022-06-14
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  16. 2022-04-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2022-02-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-03-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2013-04-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AMICULUM CONSULTING LIMITED
  22. 2013-04-05
    ALLCORN, Richard John, Dr appointed
    director
  23. 2013-04-05
    PUTIN, Jennifer Claire, Doctor appointed
    director
  24. 2013-04-05
    PUTIN, Michael appointed
    secretary
  25. 2013-04-05
    CLIFFORD, Michael Anthony, Mr. appointed
    director
  26. 2013-04-05
    CLIFFORD, Michael Anthony, Mr. resigned
    director
  27. 2013-04-05
    PUTIN, Michael appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Amiculum Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Amiculum Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
AMICULUM CONSULTING LIMITED
This company · 08476405

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Amiculum Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70210 — Public relations and communications activities

Registered office

The Boathouse Clarence Mill
Clarence Road
Bollington
Cheshire
SK10 5JZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GATLEY, Claire
secretary · appointed 2024-06-01
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Active
ALLCORN, Richard John, Dr
director · ~64y · appointed 2013-04-05
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Active
PUTIN, Jennifer Claire, Doctor
director · ~63y · appointed 2013-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PUTIN, Michael
secretary · appointed 2013-04-05 · resigned 2023-05-31
Resigned
CLIFFORD, Michael Anthony, Mr.
director · ~59y · appointed 2013-04-05 · resigned 2013-04-05
Resigned
PUTIN, Michael
director · ~89y · appointed 2013-04-05 · resigned 2023-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-06-11
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-05-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-06-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-10