AJ & LE WILSON CONSULTING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10021768 · ltd · incorporated 2016-02-23
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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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
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 69). 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: medium (76/100)

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, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
24 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-03-18
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-02-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-21
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-21
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    accounts · AA01
  13. 2016-03-14
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    officers · AP03
  14. 2016-03-11
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    WILSON, Lee appointed
    secretary
  15. 2016-02-23
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    Company incorporated
    As AJ & LE WILSON CONSULTING LIMITED
  16. 2016-02-23
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    WILSON, Andrew James appointed
    director
  17. 2016-02-23
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WILSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lee Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control14/01/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Andrew James Wilsonceased 14/01/2026· 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2016-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Weldon Farm
Pollards Lane
Southwell
NG25 0TN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-13
Last: 2025-07-30

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WILSON, Lee→
secretary · appointed 2016-03-11
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Active
WILSON, Andrew James→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-02-23
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Active

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Recent filings (24 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-28