ABACUS INSTRUMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04025137 · ltd · incorporated 2000-07-03
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26512
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (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 (77/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees100100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-01-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2017-01-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2017-01-22
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  16. 2017-01-10
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    SAYADIAN, Benjamin Paul appointed
    director
  17. 2017-01-10
    ➖
    JONES, Hannah Zoe resigned
    secretary
  18. 2017-01-10
    ➖
    JONES, Gareth Shaun resigned
    director
  19. 2017-01-10
    ➖
    JONES, Hannah Zoe resigned
    director
  20. 2014-12-05
    ➖
    BRATT, Clive resigned
    director
  21. 2001-01-02
    ➕
    BRATT, Clive appointed
    director
  22. 2000-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ABACUS INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
  23. 2000-07-03
    ➕
    JONES, Hannah Zoe appointed
    secretary
  24. 2000-07-03
    ➕
    JONES, Gareth Shaun appointed
    director
  25. 2000-07-03
    ➕
    JONES, Hannah Zoe appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Benjamin Paul Sayadian
Individual · British · DOB 01/1986 · age 40
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control10/01/2017

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
Incorporated2000-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26512 — SIC 26512

Registered office

16 Sand Lane Business Park
Sand Lane
Sandy
Bedfordshire
SG19 2DQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

SAYADIAN, Benjamin Paul→
director · ~40y · appointed 2017-01-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Hannah Zoe→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-03 · resigned 2017-01-10
Resigned
BRATT, Clive→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-01-02 · resigned 2014-12-05
Resigned
JONES, Gareth Shaun→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-07-03 · resigned 2017-01-10
Resigned
JONES, Hannah Zoe→
director · ~59y · appointed 2000-07-03 · resigned 2017-01-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-05