ABACO SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive

05157306 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-18

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 81100

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

59 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

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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
Average employees	100	100

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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-08-11
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2024-10-08
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2023-07-14
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2022-09-10
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2021-12-14
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2020-10-18
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accounts · AA
2019-07-02
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officers · AP01
2019-07-02
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officers · AP03
2019-07-02
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officers · TM02
2019-07-02
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accounts · AA
2019-07-01
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SWEETING, Gillian Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2019-07-01
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NEYLAND, David Alexander John appointed
director
2019-06-30
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SWEETING, Richard James Edward resigned
secretary
2018-09-25
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accounts · AA
2017-07-26
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accounts · AA
2016-08-08
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accounts · AA
2016-07-11
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2015-07-21
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2015-06-09
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2004-06-18
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Company incorporated
As ABACO SOLUTIONS LTD
2004-06-18
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SWEETING, Gillian Elizabeth appointed
director
2004-06-18
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SWEETING, Richard James Edward appointed
secretary
2004-06-18
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UK SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-06-18
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UK SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-06-18
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UK DIRECTORS LTD appointed
corporate-director
2004-06-18
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UK DIRECTORS LTD resigned
corporate-director

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 69 — succession pressure is live.

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 69. 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Gillian Elizabeth Sweeting Individual · British · DOB 03/1957 · age 69	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-06-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

Parrock Brook

Parrock Lane

Upper Hartfield

East Sussex

TN7 4AT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-01

Last: 2025-06-17

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SWEETING, Gillian Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2019-07-01

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NEYLAND, David Alexander John→

director · ~63y · appointed 2019-07-01

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Active

SWEETING, Gillian Elizabeth→

director · ~69y · appointed 2004-06-18

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Active

SWEETING, Richard James Edward→

secretary · appointed 2004-06-18 · resigned 2019-06-30

Resigned

UK SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-06-18 · resigned 2004-06-18

Resigned

UK DIRECTORS LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 2004-06-18 · resigned 2004-06-18

Resigned

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