10W CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
10357315 · ltd · incorporated 2016-09-02
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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 (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
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
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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£19k£39k£58k£77k£97kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£22.9k
Current assets£96.7k
Cash£42
Debtors£95.5k
Net assets£1.5k
Average employees200

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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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-10-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-05-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-09-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2016-09-02
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    Company incorporated
    As 10W CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  18. 2016-09-02
    WILLIAMS, Adrian appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
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.

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 Adrian Williams
Individual · British · DOB 04/1971 · age 55
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control02/09/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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
Incorporated2016-09-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

The Willows
The Street
Canterbury
Kent
CT3 1LN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Adrian
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-09-02
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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-12-30