ABERTRADE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04546736 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-26

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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Turnover

—

year to Nov 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: Resolve: 1 insolvency-related filing on record. Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

11 officers (2 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

93 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Average employees	5	500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 insolvency
• 1 resolution

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 insolvency
• 1 resolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 capital
• 1 insolvency
• 1 resolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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capital · SH19
2026-05-14
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legacy
capital · SH20
2026-05-14
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legacy
insolvency · CAP-SS
2026-05-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
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officers · TM02
2025-03-06
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officers · TM01
2025-03-06
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officers · AP01
2025-02-25
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ROOKE-LONG, Emily appointed
director
2025-02-25
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LONG, Susan resigned
secretary
2025-02-25
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LONG, Susan resigned
director
2025-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-01-07
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-01-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-06
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capital · SH01
2024-10-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-09
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officers · CH01
2024-10-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-05
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accounts · AA
2023-11-08
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officers · TM01
2023-09-28
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LONG, Paul Norman resigned
director
2023-04-18
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accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2007-01-24
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LONG, Timothy James appointed
director
2004-05-28
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BOURNE, Nigel Stanley resigned
secretary
2004-05-28
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LONG, Susan appointed
secretary
2004-05-28
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BOURNE, John Stanley resigned
director
2004-05-28
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BOURNE, Nigel Stanley resigned
director
2004-05-28
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HAWCROFT, Roger Guy resigned
director
2004-05-28
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LONG, Paul Norman appointed
director
2004-05-28
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LONG, Susan appointed
director
2002-09-26
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Company incorporated
As ABERTRADE LIMITED
2002-09-26
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BOURNE, Nigel Stanley appointed
secretary
2002-09-26
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RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-09-26
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RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-09-26
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BOURNE, John Stanley appointed
director
2002-09-26
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BOURNE, Nigel Stanley appointed
director
2002-09-26
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HAWCROFT, Roger Guy appointed
director
2002-09-26
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RM NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-09-26
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RM NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 high ·

1 insolvency-related filing on record

high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2026-05-14: legacy

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Timothy James Long Individual · British · DOB 01/1979 · age 47	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	10/01/2019

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Paul Norman Longceased 10/01/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Susan Longceased 10/01/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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

Incorporated2002-09-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Firth Parish 1 Airport West Lancaster Way

Yeadon

Leeds

West Yorkshire

LS19 7ZA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-31

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-10

Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (2 active · 9 resigned)

LONG, Timothy James→

director · ~47y · appointed 2007-01-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ROOKE-LONG, Emily→

director · ~47y · appointed 2025-02-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BOURNE, Nigel Stanley→

secretary · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2004-05-28

Resigned

LONG, Susan→

secretary · appointed 2004-05-28 · resigned 2025-02-25

Resigned

RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2002-09-26

Resigned

BOURNE, John Stanley→

director · ~96y · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2004-05-28

Resigned

BOURNE, Nigel Stanley→

director · ~65y · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2004-05-28

Resigned

HAWCROFT, Roger Guy→

director · ~68y · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2004-05-28

Resigned

LONG, Paul Norman→

director · ~80y · appointed 2004-05-28 · resigned 2023-09-28

Resigned

LONG, Susan→

director · ~80y · appointed 2004-05-28 · resigned 2025-02-25

Resigned

RM NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-26 · resigned 2002-09-26

Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

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capital · SH19

2026-05-14

legacy

capital · SH20

2026-05-14

legacy

insolvency · CAP-SS

2026-05-14

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2026-05-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-02-26

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-29

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2025-03-06

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2025-03-06

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2025-03-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-02-24

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2025-01-07

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2025-01-07

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-01-06

capital-allotment-shares

capital · SH01

2025-01-06

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-10-09