ABACUS CASH REGISTERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03900262 · ltd · incorporated 1999-12-29

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£364

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33190

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 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

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

62 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

Positive net assets

Net assets £364

Cash YoY

+115%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£19k

↑ 115% YoY

Net Worth

£364

↑ 58% YoY

Current Assets

£22k

↑ 92% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£378	£249
Current assets	£21.8k	£11.3k
Cash	£18.8k	£8.7k
Debtors	£2.9k	£2.5k
Net assets	£364	£230

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-16
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2023-08-24
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2022-09-26
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2021-09-27
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2020-09-24
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2019-09-24
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2018-08-23
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2017-09-19
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2016-08-17
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2016-01-12
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2015-09-17
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2015-01-07
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2014-09-23
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2014-02-13
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2012-05-30
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PEARCE, June Teresa resigned
secretary
1999-12-29
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Company incorporated
As ABACUS CASH REGISTERS LIMITED
1999-12-29
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PEARCE, Michael Paul appointed
director
1999-12-29
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PEARCE, June Teresa appointed
secretary
1999-12-29
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RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-12-29
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RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-12-29
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RM NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1999-12-29
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RM NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Paul Pearce Individual · British · DOB 09/1954 · age 72	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1999-12-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

The Riding School House

Bulls Lane Wishaw

Sutton Coldfield

West Midlands

B76 9QW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-12

Last: 2025-12-29

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PEARCE, Michael Paul→

director · ~72y · appointed 1999-12-29

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Active

PEARCE, June Teresa→

secretary · appointed 1999-12-29 · resigned 2012-05-30

Resigned

RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-12-29 · resigned 1999-12-29

Resigned

RM NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-12-29 · resigned 1999-12-29

Resigned

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