ABSOLUTE COMPUTERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01297628 · ltd · incorporated 1977-02-09

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 33.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 33.0y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 33.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 7 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

122 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	100	300

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 (34 events)Click to expand

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2019-01-05
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2010-09-30
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ROGERSON, Patricia appointed
director
2006-04-15
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LEWIN, Daniel resigned
director
1999-12-13
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LEWIN, Daniel appointed
director
1999-12-13
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LEWIN, Jeremy Hugh resigned
director
1999-12-13
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LEWIN, Manee resigned
director
1996-09-06
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ROGERSON, Patricia appointed
secretary
1996-09-06
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LEWIN, Jeremy Hugh resigned
secretary
1995-03-31
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JONES, Anthony Dixon resigned
director
1995-03-31
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LEWIN, Manee appointed
director
1994-09-01
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LEWIN, Jeremy Hugh appointed
secretary
1993-04-30
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland N.V.
1992-02-01
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MERLIN NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1992-02-01
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MERLIN NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1992-02-01
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REDICO REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1990-10-10
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HILL, Gordon Lawrence Clarke resigned
director
1977-02-09
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Company incorporated
As ABSOLUTE COMPUTERS LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Group structure

Oxford Computers Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Oxford Computers Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ABSOLUTE COMPUTERS LIMITED

This company · 01297628

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
Oxford Computers Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1977-02-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47410 — Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores

Registered office

Donald Reid Group Limited 1010 Eskdale Road

Winnersh Triangle

Wokingham

RG41 5TS

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-19

Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

ROGERSON, Patricia→

secretary · appointed 1996-09-06

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Active

ROGERSON, Michael Singlehurst→

director · ~75y

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Active

ROGERSON, Patricia→

director · ~76y · appointed 2010-09-30

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Active

LEWIN, Jeremy Hugh→

secretary · appointed 1994-09-01 · resigned 1996-09-06

Resigned

MERLIN NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1992-02-01 · resigned 1992-02-01

Resigned

REDICO REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · resigned 1992-02-01

Resigned

HILL, Gordon Lawrence Clarke→

director · ~81y · resigned 1990-10-10

Resigned

JONES, Anthony Dixon→

director · ~79y · resigned 1995-03-31

Resigned

LEWIN, Daniel→

director · ~47y · appointed 1999-12-13 · resigned 2006-04-15

Resigned

LEWIN, Jeremy Hugh→

director · ~76y · resigned 1999-12-13

Resigned

LEWIN, Manee→

director · ~64y · appointed 1995-03-31 · resigned 1999-12-13

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Credit Lyonnais Bank Nederland N.V.	Debenture	1 property	30/04/1993	—

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Recent filings (122 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-02-22

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-25

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-01-15

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-01-15

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2025-01-15

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-01-15

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-01-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-10-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-05-20

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-05-20

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-05-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-10-09

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2023-10-06