ABBEY MEADS OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05664507 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-03
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (79/100)

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
63 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2025Mar 2026

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Average employees300300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-03
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-06-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-23
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2021-09-23
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2021-09-23
    📄
    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  11. 2021-03-23
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2021-02-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-01-10
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-04-13
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2018-01-02
    ➖
    GARCIA OCHOA FERNANDEZ, Juan, Dr resigned
    director
  19. 2018-01-02
    ➖
    HICKS, Stephen Christopher resigned
    director
  20. 2018-01-02
    ➖
    JOSEPHINE, Owen-Jones, Dr resigned
    director
  21. 2018-01-02
    ➖
    MACOUSTRA, Stuart resigned
    director
  22. 2018-01-02
    ➖
    TURBIN, Diana resigned
    director
  23. 2010-09-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Joanne Louise appointed
    secretary
  24. 2010-09-01
    ➖
    CRAWFORD, Henry James resigned
    secretary
  25. 2006-01-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY MEADS OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES LIMITED
  26. 2006-01-03
    ➕
    HAWKINS, Julian Paul, Dr appointed
    director
  27. 2006-01-03
    ➕
    CRAWFORD, Henry James appointed
    secretary
  28. 2006-01-03
    ➕
    BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2006-01-03
    ➖
    BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2006-01-03
    ➕
    GARCIA OCHOA FERNANDEZ, Juan, Dr appointed
    director
  31. 2006-01-03
    ➕
    HICKS, Stephen Christopher appointed
    director
  32. 2006-01-03
    ➕
    JOSEPHINE, Owen-Jones, Dr appointed
    director
  33. 2006-01-03
    ➕
    MACOUSTRA, Stuart appointed
    director
  34. 2006-01-03
    ➕
    TURBIN, Diana 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Julian Paul Hawkins
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Dr Julian Hawkins
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Healthcare & medical · SN postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
4-D SPECIALIST SERVICES LIMITED→
11066361 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————8y——
A&G OLDFIELDS LIMITED→
15860251 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
A1 STAR MEDICARE LIMITED→
14547945 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
A2B2 LIMITED→
11707327 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
————7y——
AASHA PSYCHOLOGY LTD→
14191201 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
————3y——
ACRUX SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED→
15094193 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
ACTION DISABILITY SWINDON→
07239111 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
————15y——
AD COMPANIONSHIP LIMITED→
16493556 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
ADAM BROOKS ORTHOPAEDICS LIMITED→
13790943 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
ADAPTIVE LIVING LIMITED→
10715426 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————9y——
ADHD & CLINICAL SERVICES LTD→
16467316 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
ADHERE HEALTHCARE LTD→
12079182 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

No.6, Dorcan Business Village Murdock Road
Dorcan
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN3 5HY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-17
Last: 2026-01-03

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

BROWN, Joanne Louise→
secretary · appointed 2010-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAWKINS, Julian Paul, Dr→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-01-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CRAWFORD, Henry James→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-03 · resigned 2010-09-01
Resigned
BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-03 · resigned 2006-01-03
Resigned
GARCIA OCHOA FERNANDEZ, Juan, Dr→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-01-03 · resigned 2018-01-02
Resigned
HICKS, Stephen Christopher→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-01-03 · resigned 2018-01-02
Resigned
JOSEPHINE, Owen-Jones, Dr→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-01-03 · resigned 2018-01-02
Resigned
MACOUSTRA, Stuart→
director · ~74y · appointed 2006-01-03 · resigned 2018-01-02
Resigned
TURBIN, Diana→
director · ~66y · appointed 2006-01-03 · resigned 2018-01-02
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-08
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-09-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-09-23
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-09-23