ABSON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04517389 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-22

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£4.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 90). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

60 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,124

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,170 YoY

Cash YoY

+50%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£51k

↑ 50% YoY

Net Worth

£4k

↓ 22% YoY

Current Assets

£1.1m

↑ 33% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£4.1k	£5.3k
Current assets	£1.09M	£820.8k
Cash	£50.5k	£33.7k
Debtors	£11.1k	£4.2k
Net assets	£4.1k	£5.3k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

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2017-09-05
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2016-07-26
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2015-09-28
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2015-09-01
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2014-08-22
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2002-08-22
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Company incorporated
As ABSON LIMITED
2002-08-22
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COLE, Peter Collard appointed
secretary
2002-08-22
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COLE, Angela Mary appointed
director
2002-08-22
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COLE, Peter Collard appointed
director
2002-08-22
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
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2002-08-22
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
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2002-08-22
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
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2002-08-22
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
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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 90 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 90 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Peter Collard Cole Individual · British · DOB 07/1936 · age 90	50–75%	50–75%	board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	22/08/2016

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

Incorporated2002-08-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Wood Nook House

Wood Nook Lane Meltham

Holmfirth

West Yorkshire

HD9 4DU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-07

Last: 2025-08-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

COLE, Peter Collard→

secretary · appointed 2002-08-22

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Active

COLE, Angela Mary→

director · ~78y · appointed 2002-08-22

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Active

COLE, Peter Collard→

director · ~90y · appointed 2002-08-22

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Active

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-22 · resigned 2002-08-22

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-22 · resigned 2002-08-22

Resigned

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