ACUMEN INTELLIGENT CONSULTING LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12447368 · ltd · incorporated 2020-02-06
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.
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
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 77/100 (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 (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees400500

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2023-04-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2023-04-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-29
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  9. 2022-07-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2022-07-25
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2022-01-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-01-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-01-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-01-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2021-12-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2021-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-10-01
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    RANDS, Richard Burton resigned
    director
  18. 2021-10-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  19. 2021-10-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2021-02-01
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    termination-director-company
    officers · TM01
  21. 2021-01-21
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    WOOD, Clinton appointed
    director
  22. 2021-01-21
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    RANDS, Richard Burton appointed
    director
  23. 2020-03-17
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    WOOD, Clinton resigned
    director
  24. 2020-02-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ACUMEN INTELLIGENT CONSULTING LIMITED
  25. 2020-02-06
    ➕
    BLAGBROUGH, Mark Dominic appointed
    director
  26. 2020-02-06
    ➕
    SUGDEN, Robert Fraser appointed
    director
  27. 2020-02-06
    ➕
    WOOD, Clinton appointed
    director

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Crambow Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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Spindrift Associates Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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ACUMEN INTELLIGENT CONSULTING LIMITED
This company · 12447368

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Crambow Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2022
Spindrift Associates Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2022
Mr Clinton Wood
Individual · South African · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/02/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Richard Burton Randsceased 01/10/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2020-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

St Ethelbert House
Ryelands Street
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR4 0LA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BLAGBROUGH, Mark Dominic→
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SUGDEN, Robert Fraser→
director · ~46y · appointed 2020-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOOD, Clinton→
director · ~66y · appointed 2021-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RANDS, Richard Burton→
director · ~60y · appointed 2021-01-21 · resigned 2021-10-01
Resigned
WOOD, Clinton→
director · ~66y · appointed 2020-02-06 · resigned 2020-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-04-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-04-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2022-07-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-07-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-07-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-17