ABBEYDALE SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03368773 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-09

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 May 2025

Net worth

£-3.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

74 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £3,396

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£3k

~ YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£-3.4k	£-3.4k
Net assets	£-3.4k	£-3.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-02-27
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2021-02-26
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2020-01-31
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2019-01-26
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2018-04-09
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2016-08-24
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2014-07-23
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2000-09-12
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KAZNOWSKI, Pauline resigned
secretary
2000-08-31
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OLSON, Ewa Marianne appointed
secretary
2000-08-10
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KAZNOWSKI, Peter resigned
director
1998-12-31
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OLSON, George appointed
director
1998-06-11
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KAZNOWSKI, Pauline appointed
secretary
1997-06-11
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CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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1997-06-11
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KAZNOWSKI, Peter appointed
director
1997-06-11
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CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1997-05-09
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Company incorporated
As ABBEYDALE SOLUTIONS LIMITED
1997-05-09
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CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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1997-05-09
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CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED appointed
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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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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 27 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Ewa Marianne Olson Individual · Swedish · DOB 09/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	19/07/2016
Mr George Olson Individual · Swedish · DOB 08/1952 · age 74	25–50%	—	sig. influence25-50% shares · significant influence	19/07/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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

Incorporated1997-05-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

302 Cirencester Business Park, Love Lane

Cirencester

GL7 1XD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-02

Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

OLSON, Ewa Marianne→

secretary · appointed 2000-08-31

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Active

OLSON, George→

director · ~74y · appointed 1998-12-31

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Active

KAZNOWSKI, Pauline→

secretary · appointed 1998-06-11 · resigned 2000-09-12

Resigned

CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-09 · resigned 1997-06-11

Resigned

KAZNOWSKI, Peter→

director · ~78y · appointed 1997-06-11 · resigned 2000-08-10

Resigned

CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-05-09 · resigned 1997-06-11

Resigned

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