6BH CONSULTANCY LTD

💤Zombieactive
10884738 · ltd · incorporated 2017-07-26
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
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Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 4 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
19 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,430

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 1.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£765£2k£2k£3k£4kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1.4k£1.4k
Current assets£3.8k£3.8k
Net assets£1.4k£1.4k

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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  2. 2025-04-17
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  3. 2024-02-17
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  4. 2023-04-17
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  5. 2022-03-30
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  6. 2020-10-29
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  7. 2019-10-07
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-11-12
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  9. 2018-07-23
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  10. 2017-08-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2017-07-26
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    Company incorporated
    As 6BH CONSULTANCY LTD
  12. 2017-07-26
    REES, Nigel Ieuan appointed
    director
  13. 2017-07-26
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    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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.

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 Nigel Ieuan Rees
Individual · British · DOB 06/1956 · age 70
75100%
75-100% shares26/07/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Nigel Ieuan Reesceased 26/07/2017· 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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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-07-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

6 Brierley Hay
Yetminster
Sherborne
Dorset
DT9 6NR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

REES, Nigel Ieuan
director · ~70y · appointed 2017-07-26
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Recent filings (19 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-12