ABSOLUTE TONINKS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05007166 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-06
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees600500

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-03
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  2. 2025-08-27
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  3. 2024-08-23
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  4. 2023-08-18
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  5. 2022-08-22
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  6. 2021-08-27
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  7. 2020-09-28
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  8. 2020-09-28
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  9. 2020-09-07
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  10. 2019-08-12
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  11. 2018-08-17
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  12. 2017-09-21
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  13. 2017-09-14
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  14. 2017-09-14
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  15. 2016-09-20
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  16. 2010-06-30
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    LAWSON, Dawn Cecelia resigned
    director
  17. 2008-03-28
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    LAWSON, Matthew James appointed
    director
  18. 2005-02-16
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    LAWSON, Dawn Cecelia appointed
    director
  19. 2005-02-11
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    CORY, Fleur resigned
    director
  20. 2004-01-09
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    LAWSON, Matthew James appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-01-09
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    CORY, Fleur appointed
    director
  22. 2004-01-08
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  23. 2004-01-08
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  24. 2004-01-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE TONINKS LIMITED
  25. 2004-01-06
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-01-06
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Matthew James Lawson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1971 · age 55
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Lucy Jane Lawsonceased 28/09/2020· 25-50% shares

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-01-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

25 Hawley Road
Rustington
Littlehampton
West Sussex
BN16 2QD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LAWSON, Matthew James→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAWSON, Matthew James→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-03-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-06 · resigned 2004-01-08
Resigned
CORY, Fleur→
director · ~53y · appointed 2004-01-09 · resigned 2005-02-11
Resigned
LAWSON, Dawn Cecelia→
director · ~52y · appointed 2005-02-16 · resigned 2010-06-30
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-01-06 · resigned 2004-01-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-07