ABACUS VIDEO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01681705 · ltd · incorporated 1982-11-26
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 43.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture distribution activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 43.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 43.0 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: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
106 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees200200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-01
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  2. 2026-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-03-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2022-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-15
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2009-07-09
    ➕
    REDFORD, Marcus James appointed
    director
  16. 2008-09-02
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    MATHEWS, Tobias Angus Giles resigned
    director
  17. 2006-08-22
    ➕
    REDFORD SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2006-08-22
    ➖
    POWER, Deidre Alice Eve resigned
    secretary
  19. 2003-05-08
    ➕
    REDFORD, Peter Nathan appointed
    director
  20. 2003-05-08
    ➖
    HENDERSON, Claude Mauricette resigned
    director
  21. 1997-10-08
    ➕
    MATHEWS, Tobias Angus Giles appointed
    director
  22. 1993-08-13
    ➖
    DAVIS, Margaret Heulwen resigned
    secretary
  23. 1993-08-13
    ➕
    POWER, Deidre Alice Eve appointed
    secretary
  24. 1993-08-13
    ➖
    DAVIS, George Henry resigned
    director
  25. 1993-08-13
    ➕
    HENDERSON, Claude Mauricette appointed
    director
  26. 1983-07-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  27. 1982-11-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ABACUS VIDEO 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Estelle Anne Holland
Individual · French · DOB 07/1974 · age 52
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 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
Incorporated1982-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC59131 — Motion picture distribution activities

Registered office

Synergy House 4th Floor
114-118 Southampton Row
London
WC1B 5AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-02
Last: 2026-06-18

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

REDFORD SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-08-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REDFORD, Marcus James→
director · ~49y · appointed 2009-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REDFORD, Peter Nathan→
director · ~83y · appointed 2003-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIS, Margaret Heulwen→
secretary · resigned 1993-08-13
Resigned
POWER, Deidre Alice Eve→
secretary · appointed 1993-08-13 · resigned 2006-08-22
Resigned
DAVIS, George Henry→
director · ~106y · resigned 1993-08-13
Resigned
HENDERSON, Claude Mauricette→
director · ~80y · appointed 1993-08-13 · resigned 2003-05-08
Resigned
MATHEWS, Tobias Angus Giles→
director · ~63y · appointed 1997-10-08 · resigned 2008-09-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Charge1 property22/07/1983—
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Recent filings (106 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-02
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2026-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-19