ABERCONWAY CONSULTING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11155253 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-17
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 Jan 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 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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
21 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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees200300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-18
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  9. 2019-12-17
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  10. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2018-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-01-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABERCONWAY CONSULTING LIMITED
  14. 2018-01-17
    ROBERTS, Dee Alexia appointed
    director
  15. 2018-01-17
    ROBERTS, Stephen Barrie appointed
    director
  16. 2018-01-17
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 71 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Barrie Roberts
Individual · British,Irish · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/01/2018
Mrs Dee Alexia Roberts
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/01/2018

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
Incorporated2018-01-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

9 Lloyd Street
9 Lloyd Street
Llandudno
County Of Conwy
LL30 2UU
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-14
Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ROBERTS, Dee Alexia
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-01-17
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Active
ROBERTS, Stephen Barrie
director · ~71y · appointed 2018-01-17
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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-02
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2019-12-18
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2019-12-17