ABC BOOK KEEPING & ACCOUNTING SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04776405 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£28.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
59 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £28,112

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£28k
↑ 7.6% YoY
Current Assets
£32k
↑ 4.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£13k£19k£25k£32kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£29.9k£28.5k
Current assets£31.8k£30.6k
Net assets£28.1k£26.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-25
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  7. 2021-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-05-23
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2019-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-08
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  13. 2018-04-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-02-22
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  16. 2018-02-22
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  17. 2018-02-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2003-05-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ABC BOOK KEEPING & ACCOUNTING SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    ALDRIDGE, Neil Malcolm appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    ALDRIDGE, Angela Mary appointed
    director
  21. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    AT SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-05-23
    ➖
    AT SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-05-23
    ➕
    AT DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-05-23
    ➖
    AT DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Angela Mary Aldridge
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-05-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Ashwood Danby Wiske
Mounstrall Lane
Northallerton
DL7 0NQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-06
Last: 2025-05-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ALDRIDGE, Neil Malcolm→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALDRIDGE, Angela Mary→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AT SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-23 · resigned 2003-05-23
Resigned
AT DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-23 · resigned 2003-05-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2021-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-05-23