ANDY HARMER CONSULTING LTD

🏛️Establishedactive

12295068 · ltd · incorporated 2019-11-04

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

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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

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

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

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

16 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	200	200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand

2026-03-23
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2025-03-31
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2024-02-13
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2023-02-28
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2022-02-28
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2021-03-15
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accounts · AA
2021-01-28
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accounts · AA01
2019-11-18
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2019-11-18
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capital · SH01
2019-11-04
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Company incorporated
As ANDY HARMER CONSULTING LTD
2019-11-04
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ASTON, Hazel appointed
director
2019-11-04
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HARMER, Andrew Martin appointed
director
2019-11-04
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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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HARMER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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
Mr Andrew Martin Harmer Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	04/11/2019
Mrs Hazel Aston Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	04/11/2019

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

Incorporated2019-11-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

3 Sunnyside

Haverflatts Lane

Milnthorpe

LA7 7PS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-15

Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ASTON, Hazel→

director · ~60y · appointed 2019-11-04

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HARMER, Andrew Martin→

director · ~59y · appointed 2019-11-04

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