ABEX INFOWAY (EUROPE) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04066461 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-06
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.93M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
64 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,930,302
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,192 YoY
Cash YoY
+2%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£933k
↑ 1.5% YoY
Net Worth
£2.9m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↓ 5.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£588k£1.2m£1.8m£2.4m£2.9mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.96M£2.97M
Current assets£1.57M£1.66M
Cash£932.9k£918.9k
Debtors£488.7k£604.0k
Net assets£2.93M£2.94M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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  2. 2024-11-19
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  3. 2024-04-11
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  4. 2024-04-09
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  5. 2023-11-29
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  6. 2023-11-06
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  7. 2022-12-12
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  8. 2021-08-18
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  9. 2020-12-13
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  10. 2019-12-23
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  11. 2018-12-23
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  12. 2017-11-15
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  13. 2016-12-22
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    address · AD01
  14. 2016-12-14
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  15. 2000-10-31
    ➕
    PATEL, Sunita appointed
    secretary
  16. 2000-10-31
    ➕
    PATEL, Kiritkumar appointed
    director
  17. 2000-09-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ABEX INFOWAY (EUROPE) LIMITED
  18. 2000-09-06
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ, Ashok appointed
    nominee-secretary
  19. 2000-09-06
    ➖
    BHARDWAJ, Ashok resigned
    nominee-secretary
  20. 2000-09-06
    ➕
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2000-09-06
    ➖
    BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 63 — 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 63. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sunita Patel
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/11/2023
Mr Kiritkumar Patel
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2000-09-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46690 — Wholesale of other machinery and equipment

Registered office

Sherbourne House, Unit 1 (Front)
25 Northolt Road
Harrow
Middlesex
HA2 0LH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PATEL, Sunita→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATEL, Kiritkumar→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BHARDWAJ, Ashok→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-06 · resigned 2000-09-06
Resigned
BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-09-06 · resigned 2000-09-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-04
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accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-13