1070 CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
12955552 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46120
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 66120Security and commodity contracts dealing activities
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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, 3 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
13 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£166£332£498£664£830Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£961
Current assets£550
Net assets£830

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

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1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-22
    📄
    administrative-restoration-company
    restoration · RT01
  6. 2022-03-22
    📄
    gazette-dissolved-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ2
  7. 2022-01-04
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2020-10-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 1070 CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  9. 2020-10-15
    ELAHI, Ashiq appointed
    director
  10. 2020-10-15
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ashiq Elahi
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control15/10/2020

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
Incorporated2020-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46120 — SIC 46120

Registered office

1356 Leeds Road
Bradford
BD3 8ND
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

ELAHI, Ashiq
director · ~59y · appointed 2020-10-15
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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-22
administrative-restoration-company
restoration · RT01
2022-04-22
gazette-dissolved-compulsory
gazette · GAZ2
2022-03-22
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-01-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2020-10-15