ABKATS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04888049 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-04

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£23.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £23,832

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£24k

↑ 101% YoY

Current Assets

£32k

↑ 136% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£23.8k	£11.8k
Current assets	£32.3k	£13.7k
Net assets	£23.8k	£11.8k

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-19
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PLAYER, Katherine Olive appointed
director
2026-03-19
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WEAVER, Abigail resigned
director
2026-03-19
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officers · AP01
2026-03-19
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2025-12-01
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2025-06-24
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2024-06-11
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2023-06-29
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officers · CH01
2023-06-29
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2022-06-28
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2021-06-23
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2020-06-22
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2019-03-07
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2018-05-01
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BROOME, Allan resigned
director
2018-05-01
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officers · TM01
2018-02-23
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2017-05-30
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2016-05-11
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2012-07-11
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WEAVER, Abigail appointed
director
2003-09-04
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Company incorporated
As ABKATS LIMITED
2003-09-04
➕
BROOME, Deborah appointed
secretary
2003-09-04
➕
BROOME, Deborah appointed
director
2003-09-04
➕
THOMAS, Howard appointed
nominee-secretary
2003-09-04
➖
THOMAS, Howard resigned
nominee-secretary
2003-09-04
➕
BROOME, Allan appointed
director
2003-09-04
➕
TESTER, William Andrew Joseph appointed
nominee-director
2003-09-04
➖
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Deborah Broome Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Incorporated2003-09-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

The Bungalow

Catherton Common Hopton Wafers

Kidderminster

Worcestershire

DY14 0JJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-18

Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BROOME, Deborah→

secretary · appointed 2003-09-04

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Active

BROOME, Deborah→

director · ~63y · appointed 2003-09-04

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Active

PLAYER, Katherine Olive→

director · ~30y · appointed 2026-03-19

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Active

THOMAS, Howard→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2003-09-04

Resigned

BROOME, Allan→

director · ~73y · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2018-05-01

Resigned

TESTER, William Andrew Joseph→

nominee-director · ~64y · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2003-09-04

Resigned

WEAVER, Abigail→

director · ~32y · appointed 2012-07-11 · resigned 2026-03-19

Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2025-09-10

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2024-09-04

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2024-06-11

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2023-09-05

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officers · CH01

2023-06-29

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accounts · AA

2023-06-29

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2022-09-05

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2022-06-28

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2021-09-06

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2021-06-23

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