ST ANDREWS LEAN CONSULTING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC525513 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-29
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
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 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). 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 (77/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees1100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-05-19
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  7. 2022-05-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-05-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-05-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2022-05-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-05-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2022-05-03
    ➖
    GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  13. 2022-05-03
    ➖
    MILLICAN, Keith resigned
    director
  14. 2022-05-03
    ➖
    WATSON, Derek Alexander resigned
    director
  15. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-04-19
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  17. 2022-04-19
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    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  18. 2022-04-05
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  19. 2021-08-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2021-08-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  21. 2021-08-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  22. 2021-07-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  23. 2021-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
    accounts · AA
  24. 2016-01-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ST ANDREWS LEAN CONSULTING LIMITED
  25. 2016-01-29
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Mark Alexander appointed
    director
  26. 2016-01-29
    ➕
    GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2016-01-29
    ➕
    MILLICAN, Keith appointed
    director
  28. 2016-01-29
    ➕
    WATSON, Derek Alexander appointed
    director

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 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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
Mr Mark Alexander Robinson
Individual · New Zealander · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/05/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • St Andrews Applied Research Limitedceased 03/05/2022· 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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-01-29
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

13 Marketgate North
Crail
Fife
KY10 3TH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-11
Last: 2026-01-28

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

ROBINSON, Mark Alexander→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GILLESPIE MACANDREW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-01-29 · resigned 2022-05-03
Resigned
MILLICAN, Keith→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-01-29 · resigned 2022-05-03
Resigned
WATSON, Derek Alexander→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-01-29 · resigned 2022-05-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-05-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-04