ABS BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04470003 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-26
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Bookkeeping activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
66 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.

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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees200200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-08-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2017-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-06-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-06-26
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2016-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ABS BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 2002-06-26
    ➕
    PICKERING, Helen Sheila appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-06-26
    ➕
    PICKERING, Helen Sheila appointed
    director
  20. 2002-06-26
    ➕
    VADVA, Yusuf Dawood appointed
    director
  21. 2002-06-26
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-06-26
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    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-06-26
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    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2002-06-26
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    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 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 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
Mr Yusuf Dawood Vadva
Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Helen Sheila Pickering
Individual · British · DOB 10/1950 · age 76
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
Incorporated2002-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69202 — Bookkeeping activities

Registered office

15 Perrins Lane
Wollescote
Stourbridge
DY9 8XP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PICKERING, Helen Sheila→
secretary · appointed 2002-06-26
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Active
PICKERING, Helen Sheila→
director · ~76y · appointed 2002-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VADVA, Yusuf Dawood→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-06-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-26 · resigned 2002-06-26
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-26 · resigned 2002-06-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-24