ANNE SHIELS CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09862650 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-09
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
£110.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
35 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £110,650

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£111k
↑ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£100k
↓ 2.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£22k£44k£66k£89k£111kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£110.7k£77.2k
Current assets£99.5k£101.8k
Net assets£110.7k£77.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-03-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-03-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-10-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-11-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-01-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2017-11-14
    ➕
    HOLMES LAVERACK, Jeffrey William appointed
    director
  19. 2017-11-14
    ➕
    SHIELS, Fraser appointed
    director
  20. 2015-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ANNE SHIELS CONSULTING LIMITED
  21. 2015-11-09
    ➕
    LAVERACK, Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SHIELS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Anne Laverack
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
75–100%
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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-11-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

First Floor Equinox 1
Audby Lane
Wetherby
West Yorkshire
LS22 7RD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HOLMES LAVERACK, Jeffrey William→
director · ~73y · appointed 2017-11-14
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Active
LAVERACK, Anne→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-11-09
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Active
SHIELS, Fraser→
director · ~32y · appointed 2017-11-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (35 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22