AB CONSULTANCY AND MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
13548031 · ltd · incorporated 2021-08-04
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
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
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). 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, 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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
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£4k£8k£13k£17k£21kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£25.5k
Current assets£21.1k
Net assets£10.4k
Average employees2

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-04-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-04-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2026-04-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2026-04-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2026-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2026-04-01
    JACKSON, Gary Martin appointed
    director
  8. 2026-04-01
    PISTOLA, Angelica Miranda Batista resigned
    director
  9. 2025-11-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2025-08-09
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2025-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2025-08-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2024-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-08-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AB CONSULTANCY AND MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  16. 2021-08-04
    PISTOLA, Angelica Miranda Batista appointed
    director
  17. 2021-08-04
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary Martin Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
75100%
75-100% shares01/04/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Angelica Miranda Batista Pistolaceased 01/04/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Laxton House
191 Lincoln Road
Peterborough
PE1 2PN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-16
Last: 2026-04-02

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

JACKSON, Gary Martin
director · ~65y · appointed 2026-04-01
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Active
PISTOLA, Angelica Miranda Batista
director · ~43y · appointed 2021-08-04 · resigned 2026-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-22
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22