CORE CONSULTANTS (IMMIGRATION & STUDY ABROAD) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC702174 · ltd · incorporated 2021-06-21
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.
Why now
Window closing · medium confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 1 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
  • · Bankability: 70 → 75
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Bankability: 70 → 75
Last 90 days

Picture improved over the last 90 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • ↑Bankability: 70 → 75
Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). 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 (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-07
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-28
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-15
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    capital · SH01
  6. 2021-08-09
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    KHAN, Omar Zaman resigned
    director
  7. 2021-08-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2021-07-25
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    SHABIR, Mohammed appointed
    director
  9. 2021-07-25
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    SHABIR, Hassan Sulman resigned
    director
  10. 2021-07-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-07-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2021-07-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2021-07-25
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2021-06-30
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  15. 2021-06-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2021-06-29
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    SHABIR, Hassan Sulman appointed
    director
  17. 2021-06-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
  18. 2021-06-29
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  19. 2021-06-29
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    officers · AP01
  20. 2021-06-21
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    Company incorporated
    As CORE CONSULTANTS (IMMIGRATION & STUDY ABROAD) LIMITED
  21. 2021-06-21
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    KHAN, Omar Zaman appointed
    director
  22. 2021-06-21
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    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 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mohammed Shabir
Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence25/07/2021
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Hassan Sulman Shabirceased 25/07/2021· significant influence
  • Hassan Sulman Shabirceased 29/06/2021· significant influence
  • Mr Omar Zaman Khanceased 29/06/2021· 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
Incorporated2021-06-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

52 High Blantyre Road
Hamilton
ML3 9HA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

SHABIR, Mohammed→
director · ~68y · appointed 2021-07-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KHAN, Omar Zaman→
director · ~54y · appointed 2021-06-21 · resigned 2021-08-09
Resigned
SHABIR, Hassan Sulman→
director · ~33y · appointed 2021-06-29 · resigned 2021-07-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2021-09-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-25