ABE CONSULTANCY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05760608 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-29

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

£-19.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Business and domestic software development

Sector: Information & communication

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

62020Information technology consultancy activities
62090Other information technology service activities

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -94% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £19,671

Very low cash

Cash position: £59

Cash draining

Cash down 94% YoY

Cash YoY

-94%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£59

↓ 94% YoY

Net Worth

-£20k

↓ 6.7% YoY

Current Assets

£975

↓ 51% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-19.7k	£-18.4k
Current assets	£975	£2.0k
Cash	£59	£1.1k
Debtors	£916	£916
Net assets	£-19.7k	£-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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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2022-12-21
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2021-12-16
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2020-12-03
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2018-12-27
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2016-04-26
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2015-12-31
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accounts · AA
2015-04-28
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2014-11-07
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address · AD01
2013-12-31
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ISRAEL, Christina Grace resigned
secretary
2006-03-29
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Company incorporated
As ABE CONSULTANCY LIMITED
2006-03-29
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EKUBAN, Audrey Beatrice appointed
director
2006-03-29
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ISRAEL, Christina Grace appointed
secretary
2006-03-29
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CONTRACTOR (UK) SECRETARIES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-03-29
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CONTRACTOR (UK) SECRETARIES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-03-29
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CONTRACTOR (UK) DIRECTOR LTD appointed
corporate-director
2006-03-29
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CONTRACTOR (UK) DIRECTOR LTD resigned
corporate-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 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Miss Audrey Beatrice Ekuban Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-03-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

76 Tyne Way

Rushden

Northamptonshire

NN10 0GY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-12

Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

EKUBAN, Audrey Beatrice→

director · ~63y · appointed 2006-03-29

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Active

ISRAEL, Christina Grace→

secretary · appointed 2006-03-29 · resigned 2013-12-31

Resigned

CONTRACTOR (UK) SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-29 · resigned 2006-03-29

Resigned

CONTRACTOR (UK) DIRECTOR LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 2006-03-29 · resigned 2006-03-29

Resigned

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