A&B ACCOUNTS SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05749910 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-21
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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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
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees200

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.

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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 (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-03-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-05-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2017-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2017-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2011-03-23
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    POLDING, Barbara Joan resigned
    secretary
  17. 2011-03-23
    ➖
    POLDING, Austin resigned
    director
  18. 2011-03-23
    ➖
    POLDING, Barbara Joan resigned
    director
  19. 2006-05-24
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    KELLY, Deborah Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2006-05-24
    ➕
    POLDING, Sean Andrew appointed
    director
  21. 2006-05-24
    ➕
    POLDING, Barbara Joan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-05-24
    ➖
    P & P SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2006-05-24
    ➕
    POLDING, Austin appointed
    director
  24. 2006-05-24
    ➕
    POLDING, Barbara Joan appointed
    director
  25. 2006-05-24
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    P & P DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  26. 2006-03-21
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    Company incorporated
    As A&B ACCOUNTS SERVICES LIMITED
  27. 2006-03-21
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    P & P SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2006-03-21
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    P & P DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sean Andrew Polding
Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Deborah Jane Kelly
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-03-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

7 Bridge Street
Newton Le Willows
Merseyside
WA12 9BE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-04
Last: 2026-03-21

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

KELLY, Deborah Jane→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POLDING, Sean Andrew→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POLDING, Barbara Joan→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-24 · resigned 2011-03-23
Resigned
P & P SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-21 · resigned 2006-05-24
Resigned
POLDING, Austin→
director · ~86y · appointed 2006-05-24 · resigned 2011-03-23
Resigned
POLDING, Barbara Joan→
director · ~84y · appointed 2006-05-24 · resigned 2011-03-23
Resigned
P & P DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-03-21 · resigned 2006-05-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-24