ACCESS COUNTRYSIDE CONSULTANCY LTD

💤Zombieactive
10333249 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-17
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Environmental consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 71). 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 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
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-05-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-12-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-12-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2019-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-19
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-20
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2016-08-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCESS COUNTRYSIDE CONSULTANCY LTD
  16. 2016-08-17
    TAYLOR, Michael appointed
    director
  17. 2016-08-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Mr Michael Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 01/1955 · age 71
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting17/08/2016

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
Incorporated2016-08-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74901 — Environmental consulting activities

Registered office

34 Sutton Close
Welsh Row
Nantwich
CW5 5GF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

TAYLOR, Michael
director · ~71y · appointed 2016-08-17
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Recent filings (24 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-05-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-05-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-12-18