ABEL I.T. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03265439 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-18
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 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
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
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 59). 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-20
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2022-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-10-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-11-12
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-09-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 1997-03-18
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    SMITH, Jane Louise appointed
    secretary
  17. 1997-03-18
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    ROSS, Neil Grant resigned
    secretary
  18. 1996-10-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ABEL I.T. LIMITED
  19. 1996-10-18
    ➕
    SMITH, Jane Louise appointed
    director
  20. 1996-10-18
    ➕
    SMITH, Richard Scott appointed
    director
  21. 1996-10-18
    ➕
    ROSS, Neil Grant appointed
    secretary
  22. 1996-10-18
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1996-10-18
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1996-10-18
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1996-10-18
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jane Louise Smith
Individual · British · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
Mr Richard Scott Smith
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-10-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

69 Woodlands Road
Allestree
Derby
Derbyshire
DE22 2HH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SMITH, Jane Louise→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-18
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Active
SMITH, Jane Louise→
director · ~59y · appointed 1996-10-18
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Active
SMITH, Richard Scott→
director · ~59y · appointed 1996-10-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROSS, Neil Grant→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-18 · resigned 1997-03-18
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-18 · resigned 1996-10-18
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-10-18 · resigned 1996-10-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-17
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-01