CAPELLA CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10287666 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-20
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£-21.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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. 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 (78/100)

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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 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)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £21,121
Net assets shrinking
Down £35,913 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£21k
↓ 243% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↓ 77% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£21k-£6k£9k£24k£39k£54kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-21.1k£14.8k
Current assets£12.3k£54.5k
Net assets£-21.1k£14.8k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-07-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-07-02
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2025-07-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-07-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-07-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2021-07-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-07-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CAPELLA CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  18. 2016-07-20
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Anita Jenny appointed
    secretary
  19. 2016-07-20
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Anita Jenny appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 64. 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
Ms Anita Jenny Williams
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/07/2016

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
Incorporated2016-07-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Second Floor Ridgeland House
15 Carfax
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 1ER
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-08-02
Last: 2026-07-19

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Anita Jenny→
secretary · appointed 2016-07-20
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Active
WILLIAMS, Anita Jenny→
director · ~64y · appointed 2016-07-20
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Active

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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-07-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-23