ALATOR CONSULTANTS LTD

💤Zombieactive

SC481686 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-08

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

£3.1k

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

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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, 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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

26 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,131

Cash YoY

+41%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£5k

↑ 41% YoY

Net Worth

£3k

↑ 367% YoY

Current Assets

£20k

↑ 68% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£3.1k	£671
Current assets	£19.8k	£11.8k
Cash	£4.6k	£3.3k
Debtors	£15.3k	£8.6k
Net assets	£3.1k	£671

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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2025-03-24
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2023-03-22
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2022-03-21
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2021-03-12
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2020-04-21
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2020-02-13
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2019-04-29
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2018-03-30
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2017-04-26
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2016-04-19
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2016-04-05
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2015-07-28
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Company incorporated
As ALATOR CONSULTANTS LTD
2014-07-08
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O'BRIEN, Paul David appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul David O'Brien Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	08/07/2016

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

Incorporated2014-07-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

73 Dunnikier Road

Kirkcaldy

KY1 2RL

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-21

Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

O'BRIEN, Paul David→

director · ~60y · appointed 2014-07-08

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Active

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Recent filings (26 total)

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2026-03-12

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-14

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2025-03-24

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2024-07-11

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2024-04-26

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2023-07-12

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2023-03-22

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2022-07-07

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2022-03-21

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2021-07-08

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2021-03-12

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2020-07-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-04-21

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address · AD01

2020-02-13

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2019-07-18