ACUMEN LONDON CONSULTING LTD

💤Zombieactive

10151743 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-27

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£26.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £26,622

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£27k

↑ 14% YoY

Current Assets

£37k

↓ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£26.6k	£16.3k
Current assets	£37.1k	£42.0k
Net assets	£26.6k	£23.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-02-26
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accounts · AA
2025-02-24
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accounts · AA
2024-04-16
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accounts · AA
2022-11-25
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accounts · AA
2022-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-13
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accounts · AA
2020-12-10
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address · AD01
2020-09-14
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address · AD01
2020-07-24
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officers · TM01
2020-07-16
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BROWN, Laura Jane resigned
director
2020-01-22
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accounts · AA
2019-05-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-01-25
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accounts · AA
2018-06-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-06-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-06-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-06-12
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address · AD01
2016-04-27
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Company incorporated
As ACUMEN LONDON CONSULTING LTD
2016-04-27
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TIMMINS, Gareth Keith appointed
director
2016-04-27
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BROWN, Laura Jane appointed
director

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gareth Keith Timmins Individual · British · DOB 06/1984 · age 42	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2016-04-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

29 Devonshire Street

Keighley

BD21 2BH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-07

Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

TIMMINS, Gareth Keith→

director · ~42y · appointed 2016-04-27

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Active

BROWN, Laura Jane→

director · ~43y · appointed 2016-04-27 · resigned 2020-07-16

Resigned

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