ABSOLUTE STRATEGY RESEARCH LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05727405 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-02
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 14.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 14.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
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
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2900 | 2700 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-11-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-03-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-14📄court-ordermiscellaneous · OC
- 2022-07-27📄legacymiscellaneous · ANNOTATION
- 2021-07-29📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-11-20📄capital-sale-or-transfer-treasury-shares-with-date-currency-capital-figurecapital · SH04
- 2014-02-01➕HUNT, Verity Susan Stowell appointeddirector
- 2011-09-19🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Percy Nominees Limited
- 2011-09-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Percy Nominees Limited
- 2010-02-09➖HARNETT, Ian Richard, Dr resignedsecretary
- 2008-03-31➕HARNETT, Ian Richard, Dr appointedsecretary
- 2008-03-31➖HARNETT, Sara Patricia resignedsecretary
- 2006-06-19➕BOWERS, David Philip appointeddirector
- 2006-03-02🏢Company incorporatedAs ABSOLUTE STRATEGY RESEARCH LIMITED
- 2006-03-02➕HARNETT, Ian Richard appointeddirector
- 2006-03-02➕HARNETT, Sara Patricia appointedsecretary
- 2006-03-02➕SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-03-02➖SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-03-02➕SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2006-03-02➖SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr Ian Richard Harnett Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr David Philip Bowers Individual · British · DOB 07/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-03-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Registered office
Salisbury House
Station Road
Cambridge
CB1 2LA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
BOWERS, David Philip→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2006-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARNETT, Ian Richard→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2006-03-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HUNT, Verity Susan Stowell→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2014-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARNETT, Ian Richard, Dr→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-03-31 · resigned 2010-02-09
HARNETT, Sara Patricia→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-03-02 · resigned 2008-03-31
SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-02 · resigned 2006-03-02
SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-02 · resigned 2006-03-02
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Percy Nominees Percy Nominees Limited | Rent deposit deed | 1 property | 19/09/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | Percy Nominees Percy Nominees Limited | Rent deposit deed | 1 property | 19/09/2011 | — |
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Recent filings (86 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-14