CONNECTCURVE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC275768 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-08
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£152.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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: medium (76/100)

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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
Positive net assets
Net assets £152,492

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£152k
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£460
↑ 1.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£30k£61k£91k£122k£152kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£152.5k£149.0k
Current assets£460£455
Net assets£152.5k£149.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-30
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  3. 2023-12-31
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  4. 2022-12-30
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  5. 2021-12-22
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  6. 2021-03-30
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  7. 2019-12-31
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  8. 2019-01-09
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  9. 2018-01-08
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  10. 2017-01-13
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  11. 2016-02-18
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    address · AD01
  12. 2016-01-12
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-03
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  14. 2015-12-03
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2015-12-01
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    GLEW, Judith Hazel resigned
    secretary
  16. 2015-08-13
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2015-08-08
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    LEWIS, Jennifer resigned
    director
  18. 2005-07-19
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    LEWIS, Jennifer appointed
    director
  19. 2004-11-08
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    Company incorporated
    As CONNECTCURVE LIMITED
  20. 2004-11-08
    ➕
    MILNE, Anita appointed
    director
  21. 2004-11-08
    ➕
    GLEW, Judith Hazel appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Anita Milne
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/11/2016

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
Incorporated2004-11-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

50 Minto Street
Edinburgh
EH9 2BR
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MILNE, Anita→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-11-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLEW, Judith Hazel→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-08 · resigned 2015-12-01
Resigned
LEWIS, Jennifer→
director · ~57y · appointed 2005-07-19 · resigned 2015-08-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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2025-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-15
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accounts · AA
2024-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
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accounts · AA
2023-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2022-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
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2021-12-22
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2021-12-10
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2021-03-30
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2021-01-22
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accounts · AA
2019-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-01-09