ALAN SARGENT CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

10317005 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-08

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

27 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2026-07-25
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2026-07-25
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2026-04-23
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2025-05-19
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2024-02-21
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2023-03-19
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2022-04-19
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accounts · AA
2021-05-03
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accounts · AA
2021-02-15
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SARGENT, Alan George appointed
director
2021-02-15
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officers · AP01
2019-11-09
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accounts · AA
2018-10-07
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2017-11-06
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2017-08-14
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2017-08-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2016-08-17
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TAYLOR-STOAKES, Elizabeth Jane appointed
director
2016-08-17
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SARGENT, Alan George resigned
director
2016-08-17
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officers · AP01
2016-08-08
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Company incorporated
As ALAN SARGENT CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2016-08-08
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SARGENT, Alan George 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

+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 "SARGENT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

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 79 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan George Sargent Individual · British · DOB 08/1947 · age 79	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	25/07/2026

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Elizabeth Jane Taylor-Stoakesceased 25/07/2026· 50-75% shares
Mr Alan George Sargentceased 09/08/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-08-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Hillside

Crossbush Lane

Arundel

BN18 9PQ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-19

Last: 2026-07-05

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SARGENT, Alan George→

director · ~79y · appointed 2021-02-15

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TAYLOR-STOAKES, Elizabeth Jane→

director · ~61y · appointed 2016-08-17

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SARGENT, Alan George→

director · ~79y · appointed 2016-08-08 · resigned 2016-08-17

Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2026-07-25

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-07-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-07-25