FENWICK CONSULTING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC334776 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-03

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

40 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	100	100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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2025-12-09
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2025-12-01
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FENWICK, Duncan Ian resigned
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2025-08-24
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2024-07-09
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2023-03-09
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2022-09-15
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2021-09-14
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2019-09-11
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2018-09-26
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2007-12-03
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Company incorporated
As FENWICK CONSULTING LIMITED
2007-12-03
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FENWICK, Jean Cunningham appointed
director
2007-12-03
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FENWICK, Duncan Ian appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

100/100

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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "FENWICK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Jean Cunningham Fenwick Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Duncan Ian Fenwickceased 01/12/2025· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2007-12-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Nungate Gardens

Haddington

East Lothian

EH41 4EE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-17

Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

FENWICK, Jean Cunningham→

director · ~69y · appointed 2007-12-03

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Active

FENWICK, Duncan Ian→

secretary · appointed 2007-12-03 · resigned 2025-12-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (40 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-09

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2025-12-09

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2025-12-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-08-24

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-07-09

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-08-23

change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address

address · AD02

2023-03-09

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-09-15

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-09-14

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-03

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-09-09