ABBOTTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03487464 · ltd · incorporated 1997-12-30
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Removal services
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees300300

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-07-09
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  3. 2023-09-05
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  4. 2022-09-26
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  5. 2022-09-26
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  6. 2021-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2020-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-30
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    LUNN, Vivienne resigned
    secretary
  9. 2019-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-20
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-11
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    LUNN, Rachel Jane resigned
    secretary
  12. 2017-12-11
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    LUNN, Vivienne appointed
    secretary
  13. 2017-12-11
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    officers · AP03
  14. 2017-12-11
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  15. 2017-08-30
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  16. 2016-06-07
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-02-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2016-02-09
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    officers · TM02
  19. 2015-12-30
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    LUNN, Rachel Jane appointed
    secretary
  20. 2015-12-30
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    LUNN, Vivienne Elaine resigned
    secretary
  21. 2009-03-12
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    LUNN, John Alexander resigned
    director
  22. 1997-12-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTTS LIMITED
  23. 1997-12-30
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    LUNN, Matthew John appointed
    director
  24. 1997-12-30
    ➕
    LUNN, Vivienne Elaine appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-12-30
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1997-12-30
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-12-30
    ➕
    LUNN, John Alexander appointed
    director
  28. 1997-12-30
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1997-12-30
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    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew John Lunn
Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53
——sig. influencesignificant influence30/12/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-12-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

Unit A
9 Lyndhurst Road
Chesham
Bucks
HP5 2DY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

LUNN, Matthew John→
director · ~53y · appointed 1997-12-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LUNN, Rachel Jane→
secretary · appointed 2015-12-30 · resigned 2017-12-11
Resigned
LUNN, Vivienne→
secretary · appointed 2017-12-11 · resigned 2019-11-30
Resigned
LUNN, Vivienne Elaine→
secretary · appointed 1997-12-30 · resigned 2015-12-30
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-12-30 · resigned 1997-12-30
Resigned
LUNN, John Alexander→
director · ~77y · appointed 1997-12-30 · resigned 2009-03-12
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-12-30 · resigned 1997-12-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
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accounts · AA
2025-09-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-26