ABS (U.K.) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02685351 · ltd · incorporated 1992-02-07

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 29.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.5y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 29.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (4 active, 14 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

116 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	1500	-1500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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accounts · AA
2024-10-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-11
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-12-07
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-12-07
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Charge satisfied #2
2022-10-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-10-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-05-09
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officers · AP01
2019-05-03
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WHALLEY, Daniel Paul appointed
director
2018-11-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-03-16
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mortgage · MR01
2018-02-23
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Michael Branford
2018-02-13
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2018-02-13
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-05-01
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LEES, David Gareth appointed
director
2015-03-31
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LEES, John resigned
director
2014-04-30
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ROWE, Andrew resigned
director
2014-04-01
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HAIGH, Simon Leigh resigned
secretary
2010-09-01
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LEES, Paul Stuart appointed
director
2008-06-17
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HAIGH, Simon Leigh appointed
secretary
2008-04-16
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EVERETT-WRAGG, Julia resigned
secretary
2008-04-16
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EVERETT-WRAGG, Julia resigned
director
2003-07-18
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BULLOCK, Jeffrey resigned
director
2003-07-18
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EVERETT-WRAGG, Julia appointed
director
2003-07-18
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ROWE, Andrew appointed
director
2002-09-01
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BULLOCK, Jeffrey resigned
secretary
2002-09-01
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EVERETT-WRAGG, Julia appointed
secretary
2002-09-01
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BULLOCK, Jeffrey appointed
director
2001-04-23
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ABSON, Brett Charles appointed
director
1998-04-30
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BULLOCK, Jeffrey appointed
secretary
1998-04-30
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TAYLOR, Kevin David resigned
secretary
1997-09-03
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MARSHALL, Russell John resigned
director
1997-08-14
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MARSHALL, Russell John resigned
secretary
1997-08-14
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TAYLOR, Kevin David appointed
secretary
1996-12-05
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1992-02-07
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Company incorporated
As ABS (U.K.) LIMITED
1992-02-07
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MARSHALL, Russell John appointed
secretary
1992-02-07
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LEES, John appointed
director
1992-02-07
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MARSHALL, Russell John appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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.)

Group structure

Uk It Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Uk It Holdings Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ABS (U.K.) LIMITED

This company · 02685351

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
Uk It Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	04/09/2023

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr John Leesceased 04/09/2023· 75-100% voting · board control

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1992-02-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

Waddington & Ledger Building Lowfields Business Park

Lacy Way, Elland

Halifax

HX5 9DA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-04

Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (4 active · 10 resigned)

ABSON, Brett Charles→

director · ~53y · appointed 2001-04-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LEES, David Gareth→

director · ~40y · appointed 2017-05-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LEES, Paul Stuart→

director · ~39y · appointed 2010-09-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WHALLEY, Daniel Paul→

director · ~41y · appointed 2019-05-03

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BULLOCK, Jeffrey→

secretary · appointed 1998-04-30 · resigned 2002-09-01

Resigned

EVERETT-WRAGG, Julia→

secretary · appointed 2002-09-01 · resigned 2008-04-16

Resigned

HAIGH, Simon Leigh→

secretary · appointed 2008-06-17 · resigned 2014-04-01

Resigned

MARSHALL, Russell John→

secretary · appointed 1992-02-07 · resigned 1997-08-14

Resigned

TAYLOR, Kevin David→

secretary · appointed 1997-08-14 · resigned 1998-04-30

Resigned

BULLOCK, Jeffrey→

director · ~77y · appointed 2002-09-01 · resigned 2003-07-18

Resigned

EVERETT-WRAGG, Julia→

director · ~79y · appointed 2003-07-18 · resigned 2008-04-16

Resigned

LEES, John→

director · ~69y · appointed 1992-02-07 · resigned 2015-03-31

Resigned

MARSHALL, Russell John→

director · ~64y · appointed 1992-02-07 · resigned 1997-09-03

Resigned

ROWE, Andrew→

director · ~55y · appointed 2003-07-18 · resigned 2014-04-30

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Michael Branford / Michaela Branford	A registered charge	1 property	23/02/2018	07/12/2022
	satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Mortgage debenture	1 property	05/12/1996	13/02/2018

Recent filings (116 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-11

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

address · AD01

2024-09-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-09-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-19

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-09-21

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-09-11

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2023-09-11

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2022-12-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2022-10-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-09-21

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2021-11-11

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

officers · CH01

2021-11-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2021-10-06