ABEADSC LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05084438 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-25

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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 (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, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

51 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

—

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

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-03-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-29
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officers · TM01
2026-03-27
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WALTER, Martin Charles resigned
director
2026-01-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
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accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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accounts · AA
2021-12-28
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accounts · AA
2020-12-31
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accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts · AA
2018-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-12-31
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accounts · AA
2016-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-04-20
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-31
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accounts · AA
2015-04-14
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annual-return · AR01
2004-10-01
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WALTER, Clare appointed
secretary
2004-10-01
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WALTER, Martin Charles appointed
director
2004-09-30
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LOWNDES, Deborah Tracey resigned
secretary
2004-09-30
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LOWNDES, Deborah Tracey resigned
director
2004-03-25
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Company incorporated
As ABEADSC LIMITED
2004-03-25
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WALTER, Clare appointed
director
2004-03-25
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LOWNDES, Deborah Tracey appointed
secretary
2004-03-25
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LOWNDES, Deborah Tracey appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 64. 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.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Clare Walter Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	25/03/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Martin Charles Walterceased 27/03/2026· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2004-03-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

9 Bartletts

Great Cheverell

Devizes

Wiltshire

SN10 5XL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-08

Last: 2026-03-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

WALTER, Clare→

secretary · appointed 2004-10-01

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Active

WALTER, Clare→

director · ~64y · appointed 2004-03-25

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Active

LOWNDES, Deborah Tracey→

secretary · appointed 2004-03-25 · resigned 2004-09-30

Resigned

LOWNDES, Deborah Tracey→

director · ~63y · appointed 2004-03-25 · resigned 2004-09-30

Resigned

WALTER, Martin Charles→

director · ~61y · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2026-03-27

Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-02

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-03-29

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-03-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-01-01