ABRAMELIN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03189891 · ltd · incorporated 1996-04-18

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 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

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

84 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

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-30	2024-03-30
Average employees	2	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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-04
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2023-07-25
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2022-12-06
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2021-11-25
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2020-11-24
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2019-10-01
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2018-10-25
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2017-11-15
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2016-12-22
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2016-04-22
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2015-07-14
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2015-06-01
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2014-12-08
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2014-09-25
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1996-04-28
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NISBET, Teresa appointed
secretary
1996-04-28
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NISBET, Andrew Michael appointed
director
1996-04-28
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ABC COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
1996-04-28
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PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS LTD resigned
corporate-director
1996-04-24
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ABC COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
1996-04-24
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PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS LTD appointed
corporate-director
1996-04-18
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Company incorporated
As ABRAMELIN LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
Mr Andrew Michael Nisbet Individual · British · DOB 03/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	18/04/2017
Mrs Teresa Nisbet Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	18/04/2017

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

Incorporated1996-04-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Trebeath Farm Cottage

Trebeath Egloskerry

Launceston

Cornwall

PL15 8RY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-02

Last: 2026-04-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

NISBET, Teresa→

secretary · appointed 1996-04-28

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Active

NISBET, Andrew Michael→

director · ~72y · appointed 1996-04-28

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Active

ABC COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 1996-04-24 · resigned 1996-04-28

Resigned

PROFESSIONAL FORMATIONS LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 1996-04-24 · resigned 1996-04-28

Resigned

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