ABACUS ACCOUNTING & PAYROLL SERVICES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05079978 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-22
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (73/100).
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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
81 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
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-28➕HUSSAIN, Nazar appointedsecretary
- 2024-03-28📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2024-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-12📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-07📄dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspendeddissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
- 2023-06-06📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-03📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-07-14📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-07-11➖JIVRAJ, Fahrin resignedsecretary
- 2021-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-03📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2020-06-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-03-27➖MARCH, Anthony Peter resigneddirector
- 2016-03-29➖MARCH, Anthony Peter resignedsecretary
- 2010-01-04➖JIVRAJ, Shehnaaz resigneddirector
- 2010-01-04➕MARCH, Anthony Peter appointeddirector
- 2004-04-01➕MARCH, Anthony Peter appointedsecretary
- 2004-03-22🏢Company incorporatedAs ABACUS ACCOUNTING & PAYROLL SERVICES LIMITED
- 2004-03-22➕NATHU, Mehmud appointeddirector
- 2004-03-22➕JIVRAJ, Fahrin appointedsecretary
- 2004-03-22➕JIVRAJ, Shehnaaz appointeddirector
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong 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.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Mehmud Nathu Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 01/02/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities
Registered office
66 Abbeydale Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S7 1FD
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-05
Last: 2026-03-22
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
Active
NATHU, Mehmud→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2004-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JIVRAJ, Fahrin→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-03-22 · resigned 2021-07-11
MARCH, Anthony Peter→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-04-01 · resigned 2016-03-29
JIVRAJ, Shehnaaz→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2004-03-22 · resigned 2010-01-04
MARCH, Anthony Peter→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2010-01-04 · resigned 2018-03-27
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Recent filings (81 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-12
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-07-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-06-06