ABL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04655158 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-03

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

£-8.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 26511

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering

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 68). 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, 2 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

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

55 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

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £8,067

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£8k

↓ 8.0% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-8.1k	£-7.5k
Net assets	£-8.1k	£-7.5k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-11-05
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2022-12-15
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2021-12-21
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2020-12-18
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2019-12-16
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2018-12-21
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2017-12-19
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2016-12-22
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2016-02-09
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2015-12-22
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2014-11-18
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2014-02-15
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2003-02-04
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DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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2003-02-04
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DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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2003-02-03
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Company incorporated
As ABL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
2003-02-03
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LEWIS, Eliana Maria Teixeira appointed
secretary
2003-02-03
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LEWIS, Andrew Biggerstaff appointed
director
2003-02-03
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LEWIS, Eliana Maria Teixeira appointed
director
2003-02-03
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DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
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2003-02-03
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DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
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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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Biggerstaff Lewis Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 04/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-02-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC26511 — SIC 26511

Registered office

Tilly Granary

West Harptree

Bristol

BS40 6EB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LEWIS, Eliana Maria Teixeira→

secretary · appointed 2003-02-03

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Active

LEWIS, Andrew Biggerstaff→

director · ~62y · appointed 2003-02-03

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Active

LEWIS, Eliana Maria Teixeira→

director · ~68y · appointed 2003-02-03

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Active

DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-03 · resigned 2003-02-04

Resigned

DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2003-02-03 · resigned 2003-02-04

Resigned

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