ABP TECHNOLOGIES LTD

💤Zombieactive
00889363 · ltd · incorporated 1966-10-10
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 Mar 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28220
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 28290SIC 28290
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 16 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

24 live charges · 16 lenders · oldest 41.4y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 41.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 16 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
24 charges (24/24 with lender, 24/24 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (1 active, 16 linked, 11 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
209 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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 · FRS 102
Metric2024-03-31
Average employees3500

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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 (93 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-13
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-07-24
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    Charge registered #24
    Lender: Bizcap Limited
  4. 2025-05-06
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2025-05-06
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    Charge satisfied #23
  6. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-11-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2023-11-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2023-11-27
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2023-01-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-07-25
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  14. 2022-04-12
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2022-02-08
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2022-02-08
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    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  17. 2021-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-07-28
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  19. 2021-07-19
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    A B PRECISION HOLDINGS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2021-04-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2021-04-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  22. 2021-02-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  23. 2020-02-20
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    Charge satisfied #22
  24. 2020-02-20
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #21
  25. 2020-02-20
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #19
  26. 2020-02-19
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    Charge registered #23
    Lender: Triple Point Advancr Leasing PLC
  27. 2018-03-23
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    Charge registered #22
    Lender: Growth Street Provision Limited
  28. 2017-12-14
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    Charge satisfied #18
  29. 2017-12-01
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    Charge registered #21
    Lender: Growth Street Provision Limited
  30. 2017-09-18
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    Charge registered #20
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  31. 2017-04-11
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    Charge registered #19
    Lender: Pt. Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk
  32. 2015-11-11
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    Charge registered #18
    Lender: Security Trustee Services Limited
  33. 2015-10-17
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    Charge satisfied #17
  34. 2014-08-19
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    MAYCOCK, Stephen Robert resigned
    secretary
  35. 2014-08-19
    ➕
    A B PRECISION HOLDINGS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  36. 2011-01-11
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #16
  37. 2011-01-04
    🔒
    Charge registered #17
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  38. 2009-12-01
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    MAYCOCK, Stephen Robert appointed
    secretary
  39. 2009-12-01
    ➖
    MULLINS, Anthony Edgar resigned
    secretary
  40. 2004-04-15
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    Charge registered #16
    Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
  41. 2003-02-04
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    Charge satisfied #15
  42. 2003-02-04
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #14
  43. 2003-02-04
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #13
  44. 2002-02-20
    ➖
    HINDLE, Howard John resigned
    secretary
  45. 2002-02-20
    ➕
    MULLINS, Anthony Edgar appointed
    secretary
  46. 2001-11-12
    ➕
    HARRIS, John Graham appointed
    director
  47. 2001-11-12
    ➕
    HINDLE, Howard John appointed
    secretary
  48. 2001-11-12
    ➖
    MULLINS, Anthony Edgar resigned
    secretary
  49. 2001-11-12
    ➖
    BLYTH, Adrian Charles resigned
    director
  50. 2001-11-12
    ➖
    EDWARDS, John Ralph resigned
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 93 events

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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 60 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Argentar Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Argentar Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABP TECHNOLOGIES LTD
This company · 00889363

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Argentar Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/04/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ab Precision Holdings Limitedceased 01/04/2021· 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.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1966-10-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28220 — SIC 28220

Registered office

Unit 15c Blackpole East
Blackpole Road
Worcester
WR3 8YB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (1 active · 15 resigned)

HARRIS, John Graham→
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HINDLE, Howard John→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-12 · resigned 2002-02-20
Resigned
MAYCOCK, Stephen Robert→
secretary · appointed 2009-12-01 · resigned 2014-08-19
Resigned
MULLINS, Anthony Edgar→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-20 · resigned 2009-12-01
Resigned
MULLINS, Anthony Edgar→
secretary · resigned 2001-11-12
Resigned
A B PRECISION HOLDINGS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-08-19 · resigned 2021-07-19
Resigned
BLYTH, Adrian Charles→
director · ~71y · appointed 1994-06-15 · resigned 2001-11-12
Resigned
EDWARDS, John Ralph→
director · ~76y · appointed 1999-05-28 · resigned 2001-11-12
Resigned
FOLEY, Barrie William→
director · ~68y · appointed 1994-06-15 · resigned 1995-10-31
Resigned
HASLEHURST, Peter Joseph Kinder→
director · ~85y · appointed 1994-06-07 · resigned 1999-05-28
Resigned
HOBBS, Jeffrey Jacques→
director · ~83y · appointed 1994-06-07 · resigned 1998-07-23
Resigned
LONGDIN, Mark Hamish→
director · ~69y · appointed 1992-08-11 · resigned 2001-02-28
Resigned
MOORE, Brian Stanley→
director · ~80y · resigned 1999-05-28
Resigned
MULLINS, Anthony Edgar→
director · ~84y · resigned 1999-05-28
Resigned
NORRIS, Guy Mervyn→
director · ~80y · appointed 1999-05-28 · resigned 2001-11-12
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Steven Geoffrey→
director · ~80y · resigned 2001-04-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

24
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:24 of 24 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bizcap
Bizcap Limited
A registered charge1 property24/07/2025—
satisfied
Triple Point Advancr Leasing
Triple Point Advancr Leasing PLC
A registered charge1 property19/02/202006/05/2025
satisfied
Growth Street Provision
Growth Street Provision Limited
A registered charge—23/03/201820/02/2020
satisfied
Growth Street Provision
Growth Street Provision Limited
A registered charge—01/12/201720/02/2020
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—18/09/2017—
satisfied
Pt. Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk
A registered charge1 property11/04/201720/02/2020
satisfied
Security Trustee Services
Security Trustee Services Limited
A registered charge—11/11/201514/12/2017
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property04/01/201117/10/2015
satisfied
Aib Group (UK)
Aib Group (UK) PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property15/04/200411/01/2011
satisfied
First National Invoice Finance (The "Security Holder")
First National Invoice Finance Limited (The "Security Holder")
Fixed and floating charge1 property12/11/200104/02/2003
satisfied
First National Invoice Finance (The "Security Holder")
First National Invoice Finance Limited (The "Security Holder")
Fixed and floating charge1 property12/11/200104/02/2003
satisfied
First National Invoice Finance (The "Security Holder")
First National Invoice Finance Limited (The "Security Holder")
Fixed charge on all debts and related rights and floating charge on all other property2 properties12/11/200104/02/2003
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Single debenture1 property13/03/199511/11/1998
satisfied
The British Post Office(Acting Through the Royal Mail and Represented by the Purchasing and Supply Department)
Amendment to contract (no. 3093024)1 property01/06/199414/09/1995
satisfied
The British Post Office(Acting Through the Royal Mail and Represented by the Purchasing and Supply Department)
Contract1 property21/01/199414/09/1995
satisfied
The British Post Office
Deed1 property12/11/199322/09/1995
satisfied
Close Brothers
Close Brothers Limited
Credit agreement1 property10/06/199324/02/1994
satisfied
The British Post Officeacting Through the Royal Mail
Agreement1 property26/11/199214/09/1995
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property03/04/199226/06/1995
satisfied
The Registered Holders of the 15% Secured Loan Stock 1994 in the Capital of Vanderhoff .
The Registered Holders of the 15% Secured Loan Stock 1994 in the Capital of Vanderhoff PLC.
Charge deed1 property28/03/199108/12/1992
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property06/11/198908/12/1992
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property30/06/198708/12/1992
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property24/06/198508/12/1992
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Corporate mortgage1 property19/12/198408/12/1992
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Recent filings (209 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-11-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25