ACADEMY OF RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
14397135 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-04
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-67.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 75). 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 (82/100)

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
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
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £67,322

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
Net Worth
-£67k
Current Assets
£6k
Current Liabilities
-£67k-£53k-£38k-£23k-£8k£6kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-67.3k
Current assets£6.2k
Cash£6.1k
Debtors£100
Net assets£-67.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-28
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-11-02
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-11-02
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-11-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-10-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACADEMY OF RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  8. 2022-10-04
    COWAN, Paul Adrian appointed
    director
  9. 2022-10-04
    📄
    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 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Paul Adrian Cowan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1951 · age 75
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control04/10/2022

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
Incorporated2022-10-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Mgb Accountants - Suite 22 Trym Lodge, 1 Henbury Road
Westbury-On-Trym
Bristol
BS9 3HQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

COWAN, Paul Adrian
director · ~75y · appointed 2022-10-04
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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-10-04