ABEL & CO ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05777292 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-11
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
£7.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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 (77/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
52 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,686

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£8k
↑ 1.7% YoY
Current Assets
£36k
↓ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£10k£20k£30k£40k£50kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£23.1k£33.6k
Current assets£36.4k£50.4k
Net assets£7.7k£7.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2026-05-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-04-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2022-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-04-14
    ➖
    OGUNBOTE, Folasade resigned
    secretary
  17. 2006-04-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABEL & CO ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED
  18. 2006-04-11
    ➕
    OGUNBOTE, Sandy Olatunji Joseph appointed
    director
  19. 2006-04-11
    ➕
    OGUNBOTE, Folasade appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-04-11
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-04-11
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-04-11
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-04-11
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sunday Olatunji Joseph Ogunbote
Individual · British · DOB 09/1954 · age 72
75–100%
—75-100% shares11/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Sandy Olatunji Joseph Ogunboteceased 24/04/2026· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2006-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

229 Westrow Drive
Barking
Essex
IG11 9BS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

OGUNBOTE, Sandy Olatunji Joseph→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OGUNBOTE, Folasade→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2014-04-14
Resigned
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2006-04-11
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-11 · resigned 2006-04-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13