AUDREY KIRBY ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10293146 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-25
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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
5
filings
  • • 4 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 4 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  2. 2026-03-27
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  3. 2026-03-27
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  4. 2026-03-27
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  5. 2026-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-02-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AUDREY KIRBY ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  16. 2016-07-25
    ➕
    KIRBY, Audrey appointed
    director
  17. 2016-07-25
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    KIRBY, Martin appointed
    director
  18. 2016-07-25
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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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "KIRBY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Audrey Kirby
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/07/2016
Mr Martin Kirby
Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/07/2016

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
Incorporated2016-07-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

Business Central 2 Union Square
Central Park
Darlington
Co.Durham
DL1 1GL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-09
Last: 2026-02-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

KIRBY, Audrey→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-07-25
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Active
KIRBY, Martin→
director · ~72y · appointed 2016-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-27
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-27
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-27
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2026-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24