ABBIE LIMOS LTD

🌳Matureactive

04895080 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-10

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

61 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

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Average employees	1	100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-04-09
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2025-06-27
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2024-06-27
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2023-06-29
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2022-09-30
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2021-09-30
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accounts · AA
2021-06-21
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address · AD01
2020-09-28
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accounts · AA
2020-05-23
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officers · AP01
2020-05-21
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CLAYTON, Abigail appointed
director
2020-02-27
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SWANN, Abigail resigned
secretary
2020-02-27
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2019-07-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-07-26
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2019-07-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-07-25
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2019-07-25
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officers · CH01
2019-07-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-06-28
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2003-09-15
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2003-09-15
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2003-09-10
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Company incorporated
As ABBIE LIMOS LTD
2003-09-10
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SWANN, David Robert appointed
director
2003-09-10
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SWANN, Abigail appointed
secretary
2003-09-10
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-09-10
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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 76 — 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 76 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Robert Swann Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest	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

Incorporated2003-09-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

107 Green Island

Bilton

Hull

HU11 4EP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-16

Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CLAYTON, Abigail→

director · ~45y · appointed 2020-05-21

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SWANN, David Robert→

director · ~76y · appointed 2003-09-10

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Active

SWANN, Abigail→

secretary · appointed 2003-09-10 · resigned 2020-02-27

Resigned

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-10 · resigned 2003-09-15

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-10 · resigned 2003-09-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-04-09

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-11-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-06-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-11-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-06-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-11-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-09-30

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-11-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-09-30

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address · AD01

2021-06-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-11-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-09-28

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officers · AP01

2020-05-23