ABELL CHEMIST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04795839 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-11
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£344.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -76% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 8.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
16 officers (3 active, 16 linked, 11 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
94 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £344,857
Cash draining
Cash down 76% YoY
Cash YoY
-76%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£34k
↓ 76% YoY
Net Worth
£345k
↑ 285% YoY
Current Assets
£145k
↓ 65% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£186k-£65k£57k£178k£300k£421kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£373.4k£174.0k
Current assets£145.5k£421.4k
Cash£33.7k£141.3k
Debtors£111.7k£202.5k
Net assets£344.9k£-186.4k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (51 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-12
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2026-03-12
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    Charge satisfied #2
  4. 2025-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-12
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    PIRMOHAMED, Mohamedameer resigned
    director
  8. 2022-09-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-07-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-06-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-06-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2022-06-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2022-05-30
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    KASSAM, Moshin resigned
    secretary
  17. 2022-05-30
    ➖
    KASSAM, Mohammad Sameer resigned
    director
  18. 2022-05-30
    ➖
    KASSAM, Muhammad Salim resigned
    director
  19. 2022-05-30
    ➖
    KASSAM, Muhammad Salim resigned
    director
  20. 2022-05-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2022-05-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  22. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2020-05-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2019-10-14
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    JAFFER, Arif Razahussein resigned
    director
  25. 2019-10-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  26. 2019-10-04
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    PIRMOHAMED, Mohamedameer appointed
    director
  27. 2018-02-12
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  28. 2018-01-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  29. 2017-06-27
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    KASSAM, Shabbir appointed
    director
  30. 2016-05-24
    ➕
    KASSAM, Muhammad Salim appointed
    director
  31. 2016-05-23
    ➕
    KASSAM, Mohammed Sameer appointed
    director
  32. 2016-05-23
    ➕
    KASSAM, Mohammad Sameer appointed
    director
  33. 2016-05-23
    ➕
    KASSAM, Muhammad Salim appointed
    director
  34. 2016-05-23
    ➖
    KASSAM, Shabbir resigned
    director
  35. 2012-03-14
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    HEMANI, Mustafa Mohamed appointed
    director
  36. 2012-03-14
    ➖
    KASSAM, Moshin resigned
    director
  37. 2010-07-01
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    KASSAM, Moshin appointed
    secretary
  38. 2010-07-01
    ➖
    GLASER, Paul resigned
    director
  39. 2010-07-01
    ➕
    JAFFER, Arif Razahussein appointed
    director
  40. 2010-07-01
    ➕
    KASSAM, Moshin appointed
    director
  41. 2010-07-01
    ➕
    KASSAM, Shabbir appointed
    director
  42. 2010-06-23
    ➖
    BERGER, David Michael resigned
    secretary
  43. 2003-06-19
    ➕
    BERGER, David Michael appointed
    secretary
  44. 2003-06-19
    ➖
    GLASER, Ruth resigned
    secretary
  45. 2003-06-13
    ➕
    GLASER, Ruth appointed
    secretary
  46. 2003-06-13
    ➕
    GLASER, Paul appointed
    director
  47. 2003-06-12
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  48. 2003-06-12
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  49. 2003-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ABELL CHEMIST LIMITED
  50. 2003-06-11
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 51 events

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Shabbir Kassam
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
——sig. influencesignificant influence30/06/2016

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores

Registered office

Metroline House
118-122 College Road
Harrow
HA1 1BQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-23
Last: 2026-05-09

Officers (3 active · 13 resigned)

HEMANI, Mustafa Mohamed→
director · ~49y · appointed 2012-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KASSAM, Mohammed Sameer→
director · ~36y · appointed 2016-05-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KASSAM, Shabbir→
director · ~69y · appointed 2017-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERGER, David Michael→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-19 · resigned 2010-06-23
Resigned
GLASER, Ruth→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-13 · resigned 2003-06-19
Resigned
KASSAM, Moshin→
secretary · appointed 2010-07-01 · resigned 2022-05-30
Resigned
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-11 · resigned 2003-06-12
Resigned
GLASER, Paul→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-06-13 · resigned 2010-07-01
Resigned
JAFFER, Arif Razahussein→
director · ~45y · appointed 2010-07-01 · resigned 2019-10-14
Resigned
KASSAM, Mohammad Sameer→
director · ~36y · appointed 2016-05-23 · resigned 2022-05-30
Resigned
KASSAM, Moshin→
director · ~71y · appointed 2010-07-01 · resigned 2012-03-14
Resigned
KASSAM, Muhammad Salim→
director · ~36y · appointed 2016-05-24 · resigned 2022-05-30
Resigned
KASSAM, Muhammad Salim→
director · ~36y · appointed 2016-05-23 · resigned 2022-05-30
Resigned
KASSAM, Shabbir→
director · ~69y · appointed 2010-07-01 · resigned 2016-05-23
Resigned
PIRMOHAMED, Mohamedameer→
director · ~39y · appointed 2019-10-04 · resigned 2022-09-12
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-11 · resigned 2003-06-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property12/02/201812/03/2026
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property24/01/2018—
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Recent filings (94 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-09