ABEX SYSTEMS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03003833 · ltd · incorporated 1994-12-21
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
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Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
83 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees100100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-09
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  2. 2024-10-28
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  3. 2023-10-25
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  4. 2022-10-21
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  5. 2022-01-27
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  6. 2022-01-26
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  7. 2021-10-26
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  8. 2021-01-20
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  9. 2019-12-17
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  10. 2019-10-28
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  11. 2018-10-26
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  12. 2017-10-31
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  13. 2016-09-12
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  14. 2016-04-26
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  15. 2016-01-01
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  16. 2015-05-01
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    SMITH, Ria Margaret resigned
    secretary
  17. 1995-01-27
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    SMITH, Garry Martyn appointed
    director
  18. 1995-01-27
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    SMITH, Ria Margaret appointed
    secretary
  19. 1995-01-27
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    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  20. 1995-01-27
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    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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  21. 1994-12-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ABEX SYSTEMS LIMITED
  22. 1994-12-21
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    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1994-12-21
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    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

The Old Mill Deerton Street
Teynham
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME9 9LJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: 2025-12-21

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

SMITH, Garry Martyn→
director · ~58y · appointed 1995-01-27
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Active
SMITH, Ria Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1995-01-27 · resigned 2015-05-01
Resigned
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-12-21 · resigned 1995-01-27
Resigned
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1994-12-21 · resigned 1995-01-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
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accounts · AA
2025-10-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-04
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accounts · AA
2024-10-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
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accounts · AA
2023-10-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
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accounts · AA
2022-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-27
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accounts · AA01
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-30
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accounts · AA01
2021-10-26
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accounts · AA
2021-01-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-23