ABACUS JOCKEY LTD

💤Zombieactive
03324338 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-26
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£0
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
72 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,398 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£0
↓ 100% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£5kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£0£1.4k
Current assets—£5.3k
Net assets£0£1.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-26
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  2. 2024-05-28
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  3. 2023-12-11
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  4. 2022-05-23
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  5. 2021-05-17
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  6. 2020-09-16
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  7. 2019-12-23
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  8. 2019-01-19
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  9. 2018-10-02
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  10. 2017-04-20
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  11. 2016-03-07
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  12. 2016-03-07
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  13. 2015-12-17
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  14. 2015-04-08
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  15. 2015-04-08
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  16. 2015-03-09
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    PICKUP, Paul David appointed
    secretary
  17. 2015-03-09
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    PICKUP, Hubert Conroy resigned
    secretary
  18. 1997-03-01
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    PICKUP, Paul David appointed
    director
  19. 1997-03-01
    ➕
    PICKUP, Hubert Conroy appointed
    secretary
  20. 1997-02-27
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  21. 1997-02-27
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  22. 1997-02-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ABACUS JOCKEY LTD
  23. 1997-02-26
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-02-26
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul David Pickup
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

9 Fern Road
Cropwell Bishop
Nottingham
NG12 3BU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PICKUP, Paul David→
secretary · appointed 2015-03-09
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Active
PICKUP, Paul David→
director · ~64y · appointed 1997-03-01
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Active
PICKUP, Hubert Conroy→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-01 · resigned 2015-03-09
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-26 · resigned 1997-02-27
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-02-26 · resigned 1997-02-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-08
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2025-10-26
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2025-03-04
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accounts · AA
2024-05-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
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accounts · AA
2023-12-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
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2022-05-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-01
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accounts · AA
2021-05-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
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accounts · AA
2020-09-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-01