ABLING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04806970 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-23

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

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year to May 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Business and domestic software development

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-01-29
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2023-06-03
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2023-01-18
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2022-01-19
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2021-04-22
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2020-01-22
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2019-01-23
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2018-02-27
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2017-02-26
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2014-05-23
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2004-05-01
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ABLING GROUP LTD appointed
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2003-06-25
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2003-06-25
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2003-06-23
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Company incorporated
As ABLING LIMITED
2003-06-23
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GRUMBALL, Kevin Shaun, Dr appointed
secretary
2003-06-23
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GRUMBALL, Kevin Shaun, Dr appointed
director
2003-06-23
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2003-06-23
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

83/100

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 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

Group structure

Abling Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Abling Group Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ABLING LIMITED

This company · 04806970

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Abling Group Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2003-06-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Stonecroft

Ardens Grafton

Alcester

B49 6DR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-06

Last: 2026-05-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GRUMBALL, Kevin Shaun, Dr→

secretary · appointed 2003-06-23

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GRUMBALL, Kevin Shaun, Dr→

director · ~70y · appointed 2003-06-23

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Active

ABLING GROUP LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 2004-05-01

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Active

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-06-23 · resigned 2003-06-25

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-06-23 · resigned 2003-06-25

Resigned

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