ABACUS BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04390147 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-08
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-2.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
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
65 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 £2,709
Cash YoY
-4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
↓ 4.5% YoY
Net Worth
-£3k
↑ 89% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£26k-£18k-£10k-£2k£6k£14kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-2.7k£-25.7k
Current assets£11.8k£14.0k
Cash£8.2k£8.5k
Debtors£3.6k£5.5k
Net assets£-2.7k£-25.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-03-14
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  5. 2024-03-14
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  6. 2024-03-14
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  7. 2024-03-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-03-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-03-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-09-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-03-09
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    CASS, Clive appointed
    director
  18. 2002-03-09
    ➕
    CASS, Karen Juliet Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2002-03-09
    ➕
    CASS, Karen appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-03-09
    ➖
    CASS, Karen resigned
    secretary
  21. 2002-03-09
    ➕
    CASS, Clive appointed
    director
  22. 2002-03-09
    ➖
    CASS, Clive resigned
    director
  23. 2002-03-09
    ➖
    CASS, Karen resigned
    director
  24. 2002-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ABACUS BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
  25. 2002-03-08
    ➕
    CASS, Clive appointed
    secretary
  26. 2002-03-08
    ➕
    CASS, Karen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Karen Juliet Jane Cass
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/08/2016
Mr Clive Cass
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares18/08/2016

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
Incorporated2002-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

45 Highmeadow
Radcliffe
Manchester
M26 1YN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CASS, Clive→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CASS, Clive→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CASS, Karen Juliet Jane→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CASS, Karen→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-09 · resigned 2002-03-09
Resigned
CASS, Clive→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-03-09 · resigned 2002-03-09
Resigned
CASS, Karen→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-03-08 · resigned 2002-03-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-07