A COLVIN CONSULTANCY LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

10478891 · ltd · incorporated 2016-11-15

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.

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£6.7k

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities

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: 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

25 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Revenue decline

Turnover down 21% YoY

Turnover YoY

-21%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Turnover	£6.7k	£8.5k
Average employees	100	-100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-01-15
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accounts · AA
2025-02-13
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accounts · AA
2024-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-16
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-16
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-11
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accounts · AA
2018-10-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-02-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-02-08
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-02-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-01-16
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accounts · AA
2016-11-15
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Company incorporated
As A COLVIN CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2016-11-15
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COLVIN, Amy Laura appointed
director
2016-11-15
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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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COLVIN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Amy Laura Colvin Individual · British · DOB 04/1978 · age 48	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	15/11/2016

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

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2016-11-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69109 — Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities

Registered office

C/O Benford Accountancy Ltd Hickstead Wirks

London Road

Hickstead

West Sussex

RH17 5LZ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-24

Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

COLVIN, Amy Laura→

director · ~48y · appointed 2016-11-15

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-01-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-02-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-01-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-04-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-08-16

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-08-16

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-08-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-08-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-10-22