ABSOLUTE DIVORCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04869161 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-18
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
73 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 £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£1£1£2£2Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£2£2
Debtors£2£2
Net assets£2£2

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-09-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2014-08-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-04-15
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    KEENAN, Mark Andrew appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-04-15
    ➕
    KEENAN, Mark Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2008-04-15
    ➕
    NASH, Julian Oliver appointed
    director
  19. 2008-04-15
    ➖
    ALFORD, Stephen Daniel resigned
    secretary
  20. 2008-04-15
    ➖
    ALFORD, Jayne resigned
    director
  21. 2008-04-15
    ➖
    ALFORD, Stephen Daniel resigned
    director
  22. 2005-09-01
    ➖
    ALFORD, Jayne resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-09-01
    ➕
    ALFORD, Stephen Daniel appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-09-01
    ➖
    ALFORD, Stephen Daniel resigned
    secretary
  25. 2005-09-01
    ➕
    ALFORD, Jayne appointed
    director
  26. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    ALFORD, Jayne appointed
    secretary
  27. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    ALFORD, Stephen Daniel appointed
    secretary
  28. 2005-05-04
    ➖
    ALFORD, Stephen Daniel resigned
    secretary
  29. 2005-05-04
    ➕
    ALFORD, Stephen Daniel appointed
    director
  30. 2005-05-04
    ➖
    MCGRATH, Clare resigned
    director
  31. 2004-01-19
    ➖
    BASNETT, Kerry resigned
    director
  32. 2004-01-11
    ➕
    MCGRATH, Clare appointed
    director
  33. 2003-08-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE DIVORCE LIMITED
  34. 2003-08-18
    ➕
    ALFORD, Stephen Daniel appointed
    secretary
  35. 2003-08-18
    ➕
    BASNETT, Kerry appointed
    director

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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.)

Group structure

Online Legal Services Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Online Legal Services Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABSOLUTE DIVORCE LIMITED
This company · 04869161

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Online Legal Services Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-08-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

3 Isis Court
Wyndyke Furlong
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 1DZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-01
Last: 2025-08-18

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

KEENAN, Mark Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KEENAN, Mark Andrew→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NASH, Julian Oliver→
director · ~71y · appointed 2008-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALFORD, Jayne→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-04 · resigned 2005-09-01
Resigned
ALFORD, Stephen Daniel→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-01 · resigned 2008-04-15
Resigned
ALFORD, Stephen Daniel→
secretary · appointed 2005-05-04 · resigned 2005-09-01
Resigned
ALFORD, Stephen Daniel→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-18 · resigned 2005-05-04
Resigned
ALFORD, Jayne→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-09-01 · resigned 2008-04-15
Resigned
ALFORD, Stephen Daniel→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-05-04 · resigned 2008-04-15
Resigned
BASNETT, Kerry→
director · ~52y · appointed 2003-08-18 · resigned 2004-01-19
Resigned
MCGRATH, Clare→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-01-11 · resigned 2005-05-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-07