ABACUS 369 LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05322674 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-04
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
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£21.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -74% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £21,272
Cash draining
Cash down 74% YoY
Cash YoY
-74%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 74% YoY
Net Worth
£21k
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£77k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£15k£31k£46k£61k£77kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£21.4k£18.6k
Current assets£76.6k£68.0k
Cash£5.4k£20.6k
Debtors£71.2k£47.4k
Net assets£21.3k£18.4k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2022-07-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2021-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-03
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2020-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-14
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  13. 2018-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-05-02
    ➖
    PHILLIPS, Kay Ann resigned
    secretary
  17. 2005-03-15
    ➖
    JACKSON, Stephen resigned
    director
  18. 2005-03-14
    ➕
    BULLEMENT, Carl appointed
    director
  19. 2005-02-28
    ➕
    PHILLIPS, Kay Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2005-02-28
    ➖
    WARD HADAWAY COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2005-02-28
    ➕
    JACKSON, Stephen appointed
    director
  22. 2005-02-28
    ➖
    WARD HADAWAY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2005-01-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABACUS 369 LIMITED
  24. 2005-01-04
    ➕
    WARD HADAWAY COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2005-01-04
    ➕
    WARD HADAWAY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Carl Bullement
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—board control25-50% shares · board control22/12/2016
Mrs Diane Elizabeth Bullement
Individual · British · DOB 08/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/12/2016

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
Incorporated2005-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Cairns Accountants
Westbrook House
Wreakes Lane
Dronfield
S18 1LY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last: 2025-12-22

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

BULLEMENT, Carl→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PHILLIPS, Kay Ann→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-28 · resigned 2010-05-02
Resigned
WARD HADAWAY COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-01-04 · resigned 2005-02-28
Resigned
JACKSON, Stephen→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-02-28 · resigned 2005-03-15
Resigned
WARD HADAWAY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-01-04 · resigned 2005-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-11-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-31
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-08-03