A & B TAXIS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04685413 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-04

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£418

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49320

Sector: Transportation & storage

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

49390SIC 49390
96090Other service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £418

Net assets shrinking

Down £6,566 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£418

↓ 94% YoY

Current Assets

£40k

↓ 39% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£418	£7.0k
Current assets	£39.6k	£65.2k
Net assets	£418	£7.0k

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

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-03-10
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-10
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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accounts · AA
2021-12-27
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accounts · AA
2021-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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accounts · AA
2019-01-31
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accounts · AA
2017-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-03-24
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-23
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accounts · AA
2015-03-19
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annual-return · AR01
2006-04-06
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HUSSAIN, Manwar appointed
director
2006-04-01
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HUSSAIN, Msadiq appointed
director
2006-04-01
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HUSSAIN, Safdar resigned
director
2003-03-04
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Company incorporated
As A & B TAXIS LIMITED
2003-03-04
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HUSSAIN, Mobsher appointed
secretary
2003-03-04
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THOMAS, Howard appointed
nominee-secretary
2003-03-04
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THOMAS, Howard resigned
nominee-secretary
2003-03-04
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HUSSAIN, Safdar appointed
director
2003-03-04
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TESTER, William Andrew Joseph appointed
nominee-director
2003-03-04
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TESTER, William Andrew Joseph resigned
nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Manwar Hussain Individual · British · DOB 06/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	01/06/2016
Mr Msadiq Hussain Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	01/06/2016

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

Incorporated2003-03-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

5 The Quadrant

St. Ives

Cambridgeshire

PE27 5PE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-18

Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HUSSAIN, Mobsher→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-04

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Active

HUSSAIN, Manwar→

director · ~55y · appointed 2006-04-06

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Active

HUSSAIN, Msadiq→

director · ~52y · appointed 2006-04-01

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Active

THOMAS, Howard→

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

Resigned

HUSSAIN, Safdar→

director · ~88y · appointed 2003-03-04 · resigned 2006-04-01

Resigned

TESTER, William Andrew Joseph→

nominee-director · ~64y · appointed 2003-03-04 · resigned 2003-03-04

Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-10

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

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-03-10

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-03-10