A & D DAIRY CONSULTANCY LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

11619941 · ltd · incorporated 2018-10-12

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

£45.4k

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

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £45,353

Cash YoY

+47%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£213k

↑ 47% YoY

Net Worth

£45k

↑ 36772% YoY

Current Assets

£213k

↑ 43% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£145.5k	£100.4k
Current assets	£212.9k	£148.5k
Cash	£212.8k	£144.7k
Debtors	£153	£3.9k
Net assets	£45.4k	£123

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-07-21
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accounts · AA
2025-06-13
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-06-13
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-06-09
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-06-09
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-06-09
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-06-09
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-06-09
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-06-09
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-05
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accounts · AA
2019-10-14
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officers · EH02
2019-10-14
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officers · EH01
2019-10-14
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officers · EH03
2018-10-12
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Company incorporated
As A & D DAIRY CONSULTANCY LTD
2018-10-12
➕
DAVIES, Ann appointed
director
2018-10-12
➕
DAVIES, Derek Michael appointed
director

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 73 — 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 73 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Ann Davies Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/10/2018
Mr Derek Michael Davies Individual · British · DOB 02/1954 · age 72	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/10/2018

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

Incorporated2018-10-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

48 Under Knoll Peasedown St. John

Bath

BA2 8TY

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last: 2026-04-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

DAVIES, Ann→

director · ~73y · appointed 2018-10-12

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Active

DAVIES, Derek Michael→

director · ~72y · appointed 2018-10-12

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Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-05-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-07-21