ABRA 9 LTD

🌳Matureactive
03781678 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-02
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 26.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-31
Average employees5

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 3 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2026-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-01-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2025-09-10
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  5. 2025-09-10
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2025-09-10
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2025-09-10
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2025-09-09
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  9. 2025-09-08
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  10. 2025-09-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2025-09-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2025-09-04
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    second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC02
  13. 2025-08-31
    ➕
    HAKIM, Imran appointed
    director
  14. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2025-02-28
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2024-08-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2022-09-16
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  20. 2022-09-15
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  21. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2017-08-24
    ➕
    KHAN, Sohail appointed
    director
  23. 2017-08-24
    ➖
    FIELDING, Mark resigned
    secretary
  24. 2017-08-24
    ➖
    ALLOTT, Stephen resigned
    director
  25. 2017-08-21
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  26. 2017-08-21
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  27. 2002-05-27
    ➖
    ALLOTT, Stephen resigned
    secretary
  28. 2002-05-27
    ➕
    FIELDING, Mark appointed
    secretary
  29. 2002-05-27
    ➖
    SARANTARIS, Theodore resigned
    director
  30. 1999-09-02
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  31. 1999-08-31
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  32. 1999-06-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABRA 9 LTD
  33. 1999-06-02
    ➕
    ALLOTT, Stephen appointed
    secretary
  34. 1999-06-02
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1999-06-02
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1999-06-02
    ➕
    ALLOTT, Stephen appointed
    director
  37. 1999-06-02
    ➕
    SARANTARIS, Theodore appointed
    director
  38. 1999-06-02
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  39. 1999-06-02
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-02-28: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Ho2 Management Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
🏛️
Sohaco Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
⬇
ABRA 9 LTD
This company · 03781678

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ho2 Management Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control31/08/2025
Sohaco Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/12/2020
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Sohail Khanceased 02/12/2020· 75-100% shares
  • Sohaco Limitedceased 02/12/2020· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Stephen Allottceased 24/08/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-06-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

Unit 317 India Mill Business Centre
Darwen
Lancashire
BB3 1AE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-22
Last: 2025-09-08

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

HAKIM, Imran→
director · ~49y · appointed 2025-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KHAN, Sohail→
director · ~37y · appointed 2017-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLOTT, Stephen→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-02 · resigned 2002-05-27
Resigned
FIELDING, Mark→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-27 · resigned 2017-08-24
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-06-02 · resigned 1999-06-02
Resigned
ALLOTT, Stephen→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-06-02 · resigned 2017-08-24
Resigned
SARANTARIS, Theodore→
director · ~55y · appointed 1999-06-02 · resigned 2002-05-27
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-06-02 · resigned 1999-06-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property02/09/199921/08/2017
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property31/08/199921/08/2017

Recent filings (99 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-01-08
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-09-10
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-09-10
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-09-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-09-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-08
second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC02
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-02-28