ARIACONSULT LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
12969365 · ltd · incorporated 2020-10-22
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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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: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
19 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-06-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-06-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-11-21
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-11-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-11-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-05-01
    ➕
    BOURNE, Caroline appointed
    director
  12. 2022-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-19
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  14. 2020-11-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-10-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ARIACONSULT LIMITED
  16. 2020-10-22
    ➕
    BOURNE, Caroline Jane appointed
    secretary
  17. 2020-10-22
    ➕
    BOURNE, Derren appointed
    director
  18. 2020-10-22
    ➕
    BOURNE, Caroline appointed
    director
  19. 2020-10-22
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    BOURNE, Caroline resigned
    director
  20. 2020-10-22
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Derren Bourne
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
50–75%
—50-75% shares22/10/2020
Mrs Caroline Bourne
Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61
50–75%
—50-75% shares22/10/2020

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
Incorporated2020-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

10 Wood Close
Copthorne Road
Shrewsbury
SY3 8FN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-04
Last: 2025-10-21

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BOURNE, Caroline Jane→
secretary · appointed 2020-10-22
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Active
BOURNE, Caroline→
director · ~61y · appointed 2023-05-01
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Active
BOURNE, Derren→
director · ~64y · appointed 2020-10-22
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Active
BOURNE, Caroline→
director · ~61y · appointed 2020-10-22 · resigned 2020-10-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-11-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27