848 CONSULTING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

08554721 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-04

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

£-395.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (81/100)

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 (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 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 · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £394,961

Net assets shrinking

Down £417,089 YoY

Cash YoY

+28%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£263k

↑ 28% YoY

Net Worth

-£395k

↓ 1885% YoY

Current Assets

£1.6m

↑ 120% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£-395.0k	£22.1k
Current assets	£1.59M	£724.2k
Cash	£263.2k	£205.7k
Debtors	£1.33M	£518.5k
Net assets	£-395.0k	£22.1k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-07-30
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2024-06-19
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2023-10-31
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accounts · AA
2022-10-28
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accounts · AA
2022-10-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2021-07-29
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accounts · AA
2020-11-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-30
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accounts · AA
2019-07-30
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accounts · AA
2018-07-30
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accounts · AA
2018-01-19
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address · AD01
2017-07-28
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accounts · AA
2016-07-29
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accounts · AA
2015-10-08
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annual-return · AR01
2015-10-08
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officers · TM01
2015-10-01
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BURN, Kerry Foster appointed
director
2015-10-01
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LAKER, Andrew Philip resigned
director
2013-06-04
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Company incorporated
As 848 CONSULTING LIMITED
2013-06-04
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LAKER, Andrew Philip appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

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

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848 Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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848 CONSULTING LIMITED

This company · 08554721

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
848 Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2013-06-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Unit 3 Marconi Gate

Staffordshire Technology Park

Stafford

ST18 0FZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-16

Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

BURN, Kerry Foster→

director · ~58y · appointed 2015-10-01

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Active

LAKER, Andrew Philip→

director · ~65y · appointed 2013-06-04 · resigned 2015-10-01

Resigned

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

Recent filings (35 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-08

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

accounts · AA

2025-07-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-07

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

accounts · AA

2024-06-19

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

accounts · AA

2023-10-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-17

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

accounts · AA

2022-10-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-10-10

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2022-10-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-10-08

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

accounts · AA

2021-07-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-26

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2020-11-26

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

accounts · AA

2020-10-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-10-09