A J THORNTON CONSULTANCY LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10653121 · ltd · incorporated 2017-03-06
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-12.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
20 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £12,496
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£12k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↑ 8.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £10.4k | £9.6k |
| Current assets | £10.4k | £9.6k |
| Net assets | £-12.5k | £-10.4k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-06➕THORNTON, Sally Ann appointeddirector
- 2022-07-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2017-03-06🏢Company incorporatedAs A J THORNTON CONSULTANCY LTD
- 2017-03-06➕THORNTON, Adam John appointeddirector
- 2017-03-06📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
94/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "THORNTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Adam John Thornton Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/03/2017 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
6 Scholars Chase
Wakefield
WF2 0FA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
THORNTON, Adam John→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2017-03-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THORNTON, Sally Ann→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2022-07-06
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Recent filings (20 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-29