ABA QUALITY MONITORING LTD

🌳Matureactive
03137768 · ltd · incorporated 1995-12-14
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 27.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Market research and public opinion polling
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 27.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees23002300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
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Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-10-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-12-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-12-16
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  8. 2024-12-11
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  9. 2024-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-03-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2024-03-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2024-03-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2024-03-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2024-03-18
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  16. 2024-03-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  17. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2022-11-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-02-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2009-04-07
    ➖
    BUTTERWORTH, Alan Eric resigned
    director
  23. 2008-05-27
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    Charge satisfied #2
  24. 2004-02-28
    ➖
    BUTTERWORTH, Richard Eric resigned
    director
  25. 1999-05-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  26. 1999-04-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 1998-12-01
    ➕
    JACOBSON, Conrad appointed
    director
  28. 1998-12-01
    ➕
    BUTTERWORTH, Alan Eric appointed
    director
  29. 1998-12-01
    ➕
    BUTTERWORTH, Richard Eric appointed
    director
  30. 1995-12-18
    ➕
    BUTTERWORTH, Mary Josephine appointed
    secretary
  31. 1995-12-18
    ➕
    BUTTERWORTH, Mary Josephine appointed
    director
  32. 1995-12-18
    ➕
    JACOBSON, Kate Maria appointed
    director
  33. 1995-12-15
    ➖
    YOUNGER, Miriam resigned
    nominee-secretary
  34. 1995-12-15
    ➖
    YOUNGER, Norman resigned
    nominee-director
  35. 1995-12-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ABA QUALITY MONITORING LTD
  36. 1995-12-14
    ➕
    YOUNGER, Miriam appointed
    nominee-secretary
  37. 1995-12-14
    ➕
    YOUNGER, Norman appointed
    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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Kate Maria Jacobson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1971 · age 55
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Mary Josephine Butterworth
Individual · British · DOB 05/1943 · age 83
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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7 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
Incorporated1995-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC73200 — Market research and public opinion polling

Registered office

A6 Riverview
The Embankment Business Park
Heaton Mersey
Stockport
SK4 3GN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BUTTERWORTH, Mary Josephine→
secretary · appointed 1995-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTTERWORTH, Mary Josephine→
director · ~83y · appointed 1995-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JACOBSON, Conrad→
director · ~58y · appointed 1998-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JACOBSON, Kate Maria→
director · ~55y · appointed 1995-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNGER, Miriam→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-12-14 · resigned 1995-12-15
Resigned
BUTTERWORTH, Alan Eric→
director · ~83y · appointed 1998-12-01 · resigned 2009-04-07
Resigned
BUTTERWORTH, Richard Eric→
director · ~60y · appointed 1998-12-01 · resigned 2004-02-28
Resigned
YOUNGER, Norman→
nominee-director · ~59y · appointed 1995-12-14 · resigned 1995-12-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property28/05/199927/05/2008
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property15/04/199917/02/2020

Recent filings (109 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-30
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-18