A & K BUDGE LLP

💤Zombieactive
SO306365 · llp · incorporated 2018-03-22
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
17 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
80
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-24
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  3. 2024-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-25
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  5. 2023-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-30
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  7. 2022-12-16
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-23
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  9. 2021-10-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-22
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  11. 2020-12-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-24
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  13. 2020-01-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-20
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-limited-liability-partnership-previous-shortened
    accounts · LLAA01
  15. 2019-04-09
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  16. 2018-10-24
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  17. 2018-03-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A & K BUDGE LLP
  18. 2018-03-22
    BUDGE, Aimee Johan appointed
    llp-designated-member
  19. 2018-03-22
    BUDGE, Kirsty Catherine appointed
    llp-designated-member
  20. 2018-03-22
    📄
    incorporation-limited-liability-partnership
    incorporation · LLIN01

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-04

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Kirsty Catherine Budge
Individual · British · DOB 05/1993 · age 33
25–50%25-50% voting22/03/2018
Aimee Johan Budge
Individual · British · DOB 08/1997 · age 29
25–50%25-50% voting22/03/2018

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2018-03-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC

Registered office

Bigton House
Bigton
Shetland
ZE2 9JA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-04OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-21

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BUDGE, Aimee Johan
llp-designated-member · ~29y · appointed 2018-03-22
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Active
BUDGE, Kirsty Catherine
llp-designated-member · ~33y · appointed 2018-03-22
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Active

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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2020-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-29
change-account-reference-date-limited-liability-partnership-previous-shortened
accounts · LLAA01
2019-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2019-04-09