ABRAHAM ACCOUNTANTS LTD

💤Zombieactive
04320212 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-09
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£-3.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (1 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £3,931

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£130k
Net Worth
-£4k
Current Assets
£256k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-29
Total assets£19.3k
Current assets£255.7k
Cash£129.9k
Debtors£44.9k
Net assets£-3.9k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-10-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2021-09-03
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    BEN-AHMED, Fahid resigned
    director
  10. 2021-09-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-06
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    BEN-AHMED, Fahid appointed
    director
  14. 2018-11-06
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    BEN-AHMED, Fahid resigned
    director
  15. 2018-11-06
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2018-11-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-06-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2018-06-19
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    BEN-AHMED, Mohammed Bilal resigned
    director
  20. 2018-05-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2018-04-19
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    BEN-AHMED, Mohammed Bilal appointed
    director
  22. 2016-09-06
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    AHMED, Mushtaq appointed
    director
  23. 2016-04-21
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    AHMED, Mushtaq resigned
    director
  24. 2012-12-01
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    AHMED, Mushtaq appointed
    director
  25. 2012-07-24
    ➖
    AHMED, Mushtaq resigned
    director
  26. 2012-06-05
    ➖
    HUSSAIN, Jawid Iqbal resigned
    secretary
  27. 2011-10-31
    ➕
    AHMED, Mushtaq appointed
    director
  28. 2011-06-01
    ➖
    AHMED, Mushtaq resigned
    director
  29. 2011-06-01
    ➕
    BEN-AHMED, Fahid appointed
    director
  30. 2005-04-26
    ➕
    HUSSAIN, Jawid Iqbal appointed
    secretary
  31. 2005-04-26
    ➖
    SOHAIL, Kalsoom resigned
    secretary
  32. 2001-12-16
    ➖
    AHMED, Kalsoom resigned
    secretary
  33. 2001-12-07
    ➕
    SOHAIL, Kalsoom appointed
    secretary
  34. 2001-11-19
    ➕
    AHMED, Kalsoom appointed
    secretary
  35. 2001-11-19
    ➕
    AHMED, Mushtaq appointed
    director
  36. 2001-11-13
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2001-11-13
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 2001-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ABRAHAM ACCOUNTANTS LTD
  39. 2001-11-09
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 2001-11-09
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Mushtaq Ahmed
Individual · British · DOB 12/1964 · age 62
50–75%
—50-75% shares10/10/2016

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

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-11-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Hillfoot House
128 Tong Street
Bradford
BD4 9PP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last made up to: 2025-01-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (1 active · 11 resigned)

AHMED, Mushtaq→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AHMED, Kalsoom→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-19 · resigned 2001-12-16
Resigned
HUSSAIN, Jawid Iqbal→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-26 · resigned 2012-06-05
Resigned
SOHAIL, Kalsoom→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-07 · resigned 2005-04-26
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-09 · resigned 2001-11-13
Resigned
AHMED, Mushtaq→
director · ~62y · appointed 2012-12-01 · resigned 2016-04-21
Resigned
AHMED, Mushtaq→
director · ~62y · appointed 2011-10-31 · resigned 2012-07-24
Resigned
AHMED, Mushtaq→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-11-19 · resigned 2011-06-01
Resigned
BEN-AHMED, Fahid→
director · ~39y · appointed 2018-11-06 · resigned 2021-09-03
Resigned
BEN-AHMED, Fahid→
director · ~39y · appointed 2011-06-01 · resigned 2018-11-06
Resigned
BEN-AHMED, Mohammed Bilal→
director · ~34y · appointed 2018-04-19 · resigned 2018-06-19
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-09 · resigned 2001-11-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-03
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-09-03