ABLE CARE AGENCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05062934 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-03
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 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.

Key financials

1 year 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
Metric2025-04-30
Average employees600

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-11-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2021-11-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-11-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-10-27
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    LEGGAT, Matthew appointed
    director
  9. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-13
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2021-07-06
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-01-06
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    BETTS, Michelle Grace resigned
    secretary
  18. 2004-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ABLE CARE AGENCY LIMITED
  19. 2004-03-03
    ➕
    BETTS, Hilary appointed
    director
  20. 2004-03-03
    ➕
    BETTS, Michelle Grace appointed
    secretary

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Hilary Betts
Individual · British · DOB 01/1946 · age 80
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC88990 — Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.

Registered office

Sackville Place
44-48. Magdalen Street
Norwich
Norfolk
NR3 1JU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BETTS, Hilary→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-03-03
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Active
LEGGAT, Matthew→
director · ~49y · appointed 2021-10-27
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Active
BETTS, Michelle Grace→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-03 · resigned 2010-01-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-07-13