ELLIS-HALL CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC110967 · ltd · incorporated 1988-05-05

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£3.18M

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 35.9y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 35.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

102 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,175,399

Cash YoY

+297%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£41k

↑ 297% YoY

Net Worth

£3.2m

↑ 16% YoY

Current Assets

£9.7m

↑ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£3.18M	£2.75M
Current assets	£9.72M	£8.77M
Cash	£41.5k	£10.5k
Debtors	£8.96M	£8.25M
Net assets	£3.18M	£2.75M

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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2021-04-27
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2018-01-30
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2016-05-03
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2016-02-03
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2015-05-05
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2015-03-27
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mortgage · MR05
2014-11-21
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
2010-06-28
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2009-07-01
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HALL, Kathryn appointed
director
2009-07-01
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HALL, Matthew appointed
director
2006-04-12
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Charge satisfied #2
1999-02-26
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Charge satisfied #3
1990-10-24
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1990-10-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1990-05-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
1988-05-05
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Company incorporated
As ELLIS-HALL CONSULTANTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "HALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Anthony Hall Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Kathryn Hall Individual · British · DOB 05/1951 · age 75	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1988-05-05

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Boulfruich

Houstry

Dunbeath

Caithness

KW6 6EN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-05-14

Last: 2025-04-30

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

HALL, Kathryn→

secretary

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Active

HALL, Anthony→

director · ~76y

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Active

HALL, Kathryn→

director · ~75y · appointed 2009-07-01

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HALL, Matthew→

director · ~44y · appointed 2009-07-01

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Aib Group (UK) Aib Group (UK) PLC	A registered charge	—	21/11/2014	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	28/06/2010	—
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	24/10/1990	26/02/1999
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	11/10/1990	12/04/2006
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	31/05/1990	—

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