ABER CONSULTING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09095773 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-20
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-01-06📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-06-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-06-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-16➕BELL, Nicola Jane appointeddirector
- 2014-06-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ABER CONSULTING LIMITED
- 2014-06-20➕BELL, Andrew John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
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Mrs Nicola Jane Bell Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andrew John Bellceased 24/12/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| ABEL ACCOUNTING LTD→ 16266845 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ABHB (SUSSEX) LIMITED→ 11156043 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ABISKO VENTURES LIMITED→ 17116793 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-06-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
North House
198 High Street
Tonbridge
TN9 1BE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-04
Last: 2025-06-20
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BELL, Andrew John→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2014-06-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BELL, Nicola Jane→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (29 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-01-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-14