ABBOTT BARKER BROOKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03823622 · ltd · incorporated 1999-08-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£947
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Advertising agencies
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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 (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
75 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £947
Cash YoY
+103%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£16k
↑ 103% YoY
Net Worth
£947
↑ 119% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↑ 98% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£5k£611£6k£12k£17k£23kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£947£-4.9k
Current assets£22.6k£11.4k
Cash£16.1k£7.9k
Debtors£6.5k£3.5k
Net assets£947£-4.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-27
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-20
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2016-09-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2016-09-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2015-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2001-01-31
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    BARKER, Rupert Stuart resigned
    director
  17. 1999-11-03
    ➕
    ABBOTT, Julie Alice appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-11-03
    ➕
    ABBOTT, Alistair Norman appointed
    director
  19. 1999-11-03
    ➕
    ABBOTT, Julie Alice appointed
    director
  20. 1999-11-03
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1999-11-03
    ➕
    BARKER, Rupert Stuart appointed
    director
  22. 1999-11-03
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1999-11-03
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1999-08-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTT BARKER BROOKS LIMITED
  25. 1999-08-11
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1999-08-11
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1999-08-11
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ABBOTT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Alistair Norman Abbott
Individual · British · DOB 07/1955 · age 71
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Julie Alice Abbottceased 01/01/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1999-08-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC73110 — Advertising agencies

Registered office

24 Pound Hill
Alresford
SO24 9BW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

ABBOTT, Julie Alice→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABBOTT, Alistair Norman→
director · ~71y · appointed 1999-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABBOTT, Julie Alice→
director · ~56y · appointed 1999-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-08-11 · resigned 1999-11-03
Resigned
BARKER, Rupert Stuart→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-11-03 · resigned 2001-01-31
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-08-11 · resigned 1999-11-03
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-08-11 · resigned 1999-11-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (75 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-20