ABBA HI-TECH LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02309130 · ltd · incorporated 1988-10-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 37.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · oldest 37.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 37.4 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 (78/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 800 | -800 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-26📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2026-03-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-02-05➖BLAKE, Jean resignedsecretary
- 2026-02-05➖BLAKE, Jean resigneddirector
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-15📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-04➕BLAKE, Kevin appointeddirector
- 2014-09-04➕BLAKE, Paul appointeddirector
- 2013-04-01➖BLAKE, Arthur Leonard Wellesley resigneddirector
- 2001-08-17🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1989-03-07🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1989-01-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1988-10-26🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBA HI-TECH LIMITED
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 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 ·2 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: BLAKE, Jean resigned 2026-02-05; BLAKE, Jean resigned 2026-02-05
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Paul Blake Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 30/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1988-10-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47430 — Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores
Registered office
20 Trevino Drive
Chatham
Kent
ME5 9HH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
BLAKE, Kevin→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2014-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLAKE, Jean→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2026-02-05
BLAKE, Arthur Leonard Wellesley→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · resigned 2013-04-01
BLAKE, Jean→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · resigned 2026-02-05
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 17/08/2001 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 07/03/1989 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 10/01/1989 | — |
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Recent filings (113 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-26
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-03-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28