ABS COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD

🌳Matureactive
02636259 · ltd · incorporated 1991-08-08
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£86.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 63110Data processing, hosting and related activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £86,220

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£86k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£223k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£45k£89k£134k£178k£223kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£86.2k£77.3k
Current assets£223.1k£202.4k
Net assets£86.2k£77.3k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-11-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-12
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2018-04-04
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    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  14. 2017-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2005-03-29
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    SUTTON, Colin appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-03-29
    ➖
    BARDSLEY, Gordon resigned
    secretary
  18. 2005-03-29
    ➖
    BARDSLEY, Gordon resigned
    director
  19. 1997-09-18
    ➕
    AVEY-HEBDITCH, James Michael appointed
    director
  20. 1991-08-30
    ➕
    SUTTON, Colin appointed
    director
  21. 1991-08-30
    ➕
    BARDSLEY, Gordon appointed
    secretary
  22. 1991-08-30
    ➖
    MBC SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1991-08-30
    ➕
    BARDSLEY, Gordon appointed
    director
  24. 1991-08-30
    ➖
    MBC NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1991-08-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ABS COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD
  26. 1991-08-08
    ➕
    MBC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1991-08-08
    ➕
    MBC NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

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 77 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 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Michael Avey-Hebditch
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Colin Suttonceased 18/10/2024· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1991-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

38 Middlehill Road
Wimborne
Dorset
BH21 2SE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-22
Last: 2025-08-08

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SUTTON, Colin→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AVEY-HEBDITCH, James Michael→
director · ~58y · appointed 1997-09-18
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Active
SUTTON, Colin→
director · ~77y · appointed 1991-08-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARDSLEY, Gordon→
secretary · appointed 1991-08-30 · resigned 2005-03-29
Resigned
MBC SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-08-08 · resigned 1991-08-30
Resigned
BARDSLEY, Gordon→
director · ~90y · appointed 1991-08-30 · resigned 2005-03-29
Resigned
MBC NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-08-08 · resigned 1991-08-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-11-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-27