ABC HEALTHCARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05468238 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-01
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£97.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46460
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74209Other photographic activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.7y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £97,480
Net assets shrinking
Down £37,902 YoY
Cash YoY
-27%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£98k
↓ 27% YoY
Net Worth
£97k
↓ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£204k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£47k£95k£142k£190k£237kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£104.4k£154.2k
Current assets£204.2k£236.9k
Cash£98.2k£135.1k
Debtors£77.6k£94.4k
Net assets£97.5k£135.4k

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

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2 signals 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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2025-04-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Tsb Bank PLC
  4. 2025-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-06-01
    STEVENS, Ella Louise appointed
    director
  7. 2024-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-06-05
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  9. 2023-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-06-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2022-06-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-06-27
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  14. 2022-06-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2022-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-03-03
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-10-30
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-06-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2005-08-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  22. 2005-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ABC HEALTHCARE LIMITED
  23. 2005-06-01
    CHAPMAN WORTH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2005-06-01
    STEVENS, Angela Susan appointed
    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 21 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

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — STEVENS, Ella Louise (same surname) appointed 2024-06-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • 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 21 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

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Angela Susan Stevens
Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67
75100%
75-100% shares25/05/2017

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
Incorporated2005-06-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46460 — SIC 46460

Registered office

2 The Old Estate Yard High Street
East Hendred
Wantage
Oxfordshire
OX12 8JY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-10
Last: 2025-05-27

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CHAPMAN WORTH LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-06-01
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Active
STEVENS, Angela Susan
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-06-01
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Active
STEVENS, Ella Louise
director · ~30y · appointed 2024-06-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Tsb Bank PLC
A registered charge28/04/2025
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Debenture1 property12/08/200530/06/2016
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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-27
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-24