ABACA LTD

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04266862 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-08
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£-94.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 31030
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -52% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
12 officers (2 active, 12 linked, 5 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
87 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £94,880
Cash draining
Cash down 52% YoY
Cash YoY
-52%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
↓ 52% YoY
Net Worth
-£95k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£59k
↓ 8.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£95k-£63k-£31k£924£33k£65kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£-83.9k£-51.3k
Current assets£59.4k£64.8k
Cash£7.4k£15.3k
Debtors£38.3k£32.1k
Net assets£-94.9k£-78.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
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  2. 2025-08-29
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  3. 2024-09-17
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  4. 2024-05-28
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  5. 2023-05-31
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  6. 2022-05-10
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  7. 2021-05-05
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  8. 2020-05-27
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  9. 2019-05-31
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  10. 2018-05-09
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  11. 2017-03-23
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  12. 2016-04-28
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  13. 2015-11-02
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  14. 2014-10-30
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-09-30
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    DAVIES, Rebecca appointed
    director
  16. 2013-07-12
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    ROGERS, Ceri Richard resigned
    secretary
  17. 2013-07-12
    ➖
    ROGERS, Ceri Richard resigned
    director
  18. 2005-11-01
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    JONES, Philip Sydney resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-11-01
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    ROGERS, Ceri Richard appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-11-01
    ➕
    ROGERS, Ceri Richard appointed
    director
  21. 2005-02-23
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    JONES, Philip Sydney appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-02-23
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    D R P & CO CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2004-11-18
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    HAMMOND, Stephen John resigned
    secretary
  24. 2004-11-18
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    D R P & CO CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2004-09-23
    ➖
    BRYAN, Nigel Clifford resigned
    secretary
  26. 2004-09-23
    ➕
    HAMMOND, Stephen John appointed
    secretary
  27. 2004-09-22
    ➖
    CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2004-09-01
    ➕
    ROWLEY, Elizabeth Rhiannon appointed
    director
  29. 2004-03-30
    ➖
    BRYAN, Penelope Jane, Doctor resigned
    director
  30. 2003-10-02
    ➖
    BRYAN, Nigel Clifford resigned
    director
  31. 2003-10-01
    ➕
    BRYAN, Nigel Clifford appointed
    secretary
  32. 2003-10-01
    ➕
    BRYAN, Penelope Jane, Doctor appointed
    director
  33. 2003-02-05
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    CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2001-11-27
    ➕
    BRYAN, Nigel Clifford appointed
    director
  35. 2001-08-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ABACA LTD
  36. 2001-08-08
    ➕
    CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2001-08-08
    ➕
    CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

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 72 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Rebecca Davies
Individual · British · DOB 02/1984 · age 42
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Elizabeth Rhiannon Rowley
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31030 — SIC 31030

Registered office

Unit 1 Ty Croes Business Park
Tycroes
Ammanford
Carmarthenshire
SA18 3RD
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last: 2025-09-03

Officers (2 active · 10 resigned)

DAVIES, Rebecca→
director · ~42y · appointed 2014-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROWLEY, Elizabeth Rhiannon→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRYAN, Nigel Clifford→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-01 · resigned 2004-09-23
Resigned
HAMMOND, Stephen John→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-23 · resigned 2004-11-18
Resigned
JONES, Philip Sydney→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-23 · resigned 2005-11-01
Resigned
ROGERS, Ceri Richard→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2013-07-12
Resigned
CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-08 · resigned 2003-02-05
Resigned
D R P & CO CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-11-18 · resigned 2005-02-23
Resigned
BRYAN, Nigel Clifford→
director · ~81y · appointed 2001-11-27 · resigned 2003-10-02
Resigned
BRYAN, Penelope Jane, Doctor→
director · ~70y · appointed 2003-10-01 · resigned 2004-03-30
Resigned
ROGERS, Ceri Richard→
director · ~50y · appointed 2005-11-01 · resigned 2013-07-12
Resigned
CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-08 · resigned 2004-09-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-15
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accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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2022-09-20
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2022-05-10
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2021-10-06
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accounts · AA
2021-05-05
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2020-09-03
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2020-06-30
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accounts · AA
2020-05-27