A2B CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09843554 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-27
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
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. 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
45 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 miscellaneous
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 miscellaneous
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-23📄legacymiscellaneous · RPCH01
- 2025-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-09-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-16📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-06-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-06-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-01➕BROWN, Sarah Margaret appointeddirector
- 2015-10-27🏢Company incorporatedAs A2B CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
- 2015-10-27➕BROWN, Alan Robert John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
79/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 11 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 63. 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
1 lowMultiple registered office changes
lowMultiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Alan Robert John Brown Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Alan Robert John Brownceased 16/09/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 LAW HELPLINE LTD→ 16336827 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 1LINEHIRE LTD→ 16596532 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 314 ADVISORY LTD→ 15523125 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 369SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 16953612 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3DCMM LIMITED→ 14401142 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| 4MOST CONSULTING LTD→ 16476750 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 610 CONSULTANTS LTD→ 13288850 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| 67 CONSULTING LIMITED→ 11555561 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| 76 PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED→ 15697033 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 784 VAN HIRE LTD→ 16963974 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| A & A LEGAL PARTNERS LIMITED→ 16348300 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| A2O CONSULTANTS LIMITED→ 07227997 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-10-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
Holly House 7 Sherbourne Walk
Farnham Common
Slough
Buckinghamshire
SL2 3TZ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BROWN, Alan Robert John→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2015-10-27
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BROWN, Sarah Margaret→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2018-04-01
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Recent filings (45 total)
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-16