ABLING GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02387923 · ltd · incorporated 1989-05-23

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

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Business and domestic software development

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

62020Information technology consultancy activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

91 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	200	200

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

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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 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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2003-05-22
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SCOTT, Mcarthur resigned
director
1999-06-01
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BARLING, Christopher resigned
director
1997-09-29
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GRUMBALL, Charlotte Mary appointed
director
1997-09-18
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KEOGH, Andrew Patrick resigned
director
1996-08-12
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BARLING, Christopher appointed
director
1996-04-02
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SPIRO, Leslie resigned
director
1995-11-10
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KEOGH, Andrew Patrick appointed
director
1989-05-23
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Company incorporated
As ABLING GROUP 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 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 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Kevin Shaun Grumball Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Charlotte Mary Grumball Individual · British · DOB 10/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	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

Incorporated1989-05-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Stonecroft

Ardens Grafton

Alcester

B49 6DR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-06

Last: 2026-05-23

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

GRUMBALL, Kevin Shaun, Dr→

secretary

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Active

GRUMBALL, Charlotte Mary→

director · ~71y · appointed 1997-09-29

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Active

GRUMBALL, Kevin Shaun, Dr→

director · ~70y

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Active

BARLING, Christopher→

director · ~70y · appointed 1996-08-12 · resigned 1999-06-01

Resigned

KEOGH, Andrew Patrick→

director · ~78y · appointed 1995-11-10 · resigned 1997-09-18

Resigned

SCOTT, Mcarthur→

director · ~68y · resigned 2003-05-22

Resigned

SPIRO, Leslie→

director · ~67y · resigned 1996-04-02

Resigned

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