ABACUS FINANCIAL (MUDEFORD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05147757 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-08
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£93.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £93,751
Net assets shrinking
Down £67,613 YoY
Cash YoY
+4%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£106k
↑ 4.4% YoY
Net Worth
£94k
↓ 42% YoY
Current Assets
£106k
↓ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£36k£73k£109k£145k£181kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£93.8k£161.4k
Current assets£105.8k£181.3k
Cash£105.8k£101.3k
Debtors—£80.0k
Net assets£93.8k£161.4k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-28
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-05-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-05-27
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    address · AD01
  6. 2025-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-03-12
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-10
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  9. 2022-02-02
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  10. 2021-03-23
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  11. 2020-01-21
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  12. 2019-03-20
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  13. 2018-03-19
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  14. 2017-03-20
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  15. 2016-06-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2016-03-10
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2004-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ABACUS FINANCIAL (MUDEFORD) LIMITED
  18. 2004-06-08
    ➕
    TRUDGEON, Sara Jane appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-06-08
    ➕
    TRUDGEON, Paul Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2004-06-08
    ➕
    TRUDGEON, Sara Jane appointed
    director
  21. 2004-06-08
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-06-08
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2004-06-08
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2004-06-08
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Michael Trudgeon
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-06-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

16 Asquith Close
Christchurch
Dorset
BH23 3DX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-22
Last: 2025-06-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TRUDGEON, Sara Jane→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-08
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Active
TRUDGEON, Paul Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 2004-06-08
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Active
TRUDGEON, Sara Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-06-08
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-06-08 · resigned 2004-06-08
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-08 · resigned 2004-06-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-23