ABANAKI (UK) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03956717 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-27

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 2025

Net worth

£372.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28990

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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, 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

5 officers (2 active, 5 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

69 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 £372,323

Cash YoY

+173%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£150k

↑ 173% YoY

Net Worth

£372k

↑ 27% YoY

Current Assets

£433k

↑ 40% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£372.3k	£293.2k
Current assets	£432.6k	£309.9k
Cash	£150.2k	£55.0k
Debtors	£137.3k	£130.4k
Net assets	£372.3k	£293.2k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-05-15
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2023-09-05
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2022-08-31
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2019-08-30
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2018-09-25
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2017-08-07
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2016-04-26
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2016-04-08
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2002-07-01
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SMITH, Graham appointed
secretary
2002-07-01
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BEVAN, Martin Wayne resigned
secretary
2000-03-27
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Company incorporated
As ABANAKI (UK) LIMITED
2000-03-27
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HOBSON, Mark Thomas appointed
director
2000-03-27
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BEVAN, Martin Wayne appointed
secretary
2000-03-27
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WHBC NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2000-03-27
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WHBC NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2000-03-27
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WHBC NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2000-03-27
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WHBC NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Thomas Hobson Individual · American · DOB 08/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/01/2017

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

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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

Incorporated2000-03-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990

Registered office

Unit 34 Avondale Business Centre

Woodland Way

Bristol

BS15 1AW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-04

Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SMITH, Graham→

secretary · appointed 2002-07-01

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Active

HOBSON, Mark Thomas→

director · ~64y · appointed 2000-03-27

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Active

BEVAN, Martin Wayne→

secretary · appointed 2000-03-27 · resigned 2002-07-01

Resigned

WHBC NOMINEE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-03-27 · resigned 2000-03-27

Resigned

WHBC NOMINEE DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-03-27 · resigned 2000-03-27

Resigned

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