A9 CONSULTING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC383715 · ltd · incorporated 2010-08-16
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£690.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Environmental consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 4.6y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.6 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £690,279
Cash YoY
+30%
Year on year
Key financials
3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£544k
↑ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£690k
↑ 66% YoY
Current Assets
£783k
↑ 55% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £727.6k | £462.3k | — |
| Current assets | £782.9k | £506.2k | — |
| Cash | £543.6k | £418.8k | — |
| Debtors | £239.4k | £87.4k | — |
| Net assets | £690.3k | £416.3k | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 officers
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-01-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-12-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-12-13🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2021-12-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
- 2021-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2010-08-16🏢Company incorporatedAs A9 CONSULTING LIMITED
- 2010-08-16➕BROWN, Yvonne May appointedsecretary
- 2010-08-16➕BROWN, Yvonne May appointeddirector
- 2010-08-16➕DONNELLY, Eric, Dr appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr Eric Donnelly Individual · British · DOB 09/1971 · age 55 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Ms Yvonne May Brown Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 01/1966 · age 60 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-08-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74901 — Environmental consulting activities
Registered office
1 Nevis Park
Inverness
IV3 8PP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
BROWN, Yvonne May→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2010-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DONNELLY, Eric, Dr→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2010-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/12/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 08/12/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (46 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-05-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-02-21