ARCHER KNIGHT CONSULTANCY LIMITED
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -99% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £761.5k | £838.5k |
| Current assets | £982.2k | £1.06M |
| Cash | £1.3k | £241.9k |
| Debtors | £980.9k | £818.3k |
| Net assets | £456.8k | £446.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-07📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-01-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-12-24➕BOGGS, David Lilburn appointeddirector
- 2024-12-24➖SHERET, David Russell resigneddirector
- 2024-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-03-20📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-03-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2018-11-21🏢Company incorporatedAs ARCHER KNIGHT CONSULTANCY LIMITED
- 2018-11-21➕WATSON, Michael Douglas appointedsecretary
- 2018-11-21➕WATSON, Michael Douglas appointeddirector
- 2018-11-21➕SHERET, David Russell appointeddirector
- 2018-11-21📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Archer Knight (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Archer Knight (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 21/11/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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