ABS CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05830499 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-26

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of investment trusts

Sector: Financial & insurance

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

64304Activities of open-ended investment companies
68100Buying and selling of own real estate
68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile

address, 4 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

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	2	200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

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

2025-11-07
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accounts · AA
2024-10-29
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2023-12-20
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accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2021-11-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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accounts · AA
2018-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-05-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2018-05-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-13
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-06-12
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annual-return · AR01
2006-06-01
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MCCONNACHIE, Louise appointed
secretary
2006-06-01
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MCCONNACHIE, Louise appointed
director
2006-06-01
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SALMON, Andrew Barry appointed
director
2006-05-26
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Company incorporated
As ABS CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
2006-05-26
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RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-05-26
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RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-05-26
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RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2006-05-26
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RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Andrew Barry Salmon Individual · British · DOB 04/1971 · age 55	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Louise Mcconnachie Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/04/2017

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

Incorporated2006-05-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64301 — Activities of investment trusts

Registered office

43 Vermont Close

Great Sankey

Warrington

Cheshire

WA5 8WX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-17

Last: 2026-05-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCCONNACHIE, Louise→

secretary · appointed 2006-06-01

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Active

MCCONNACHIE, Louise→

director · ~60y · appointed 2006-06-01

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Active

SALMON, Andrew Barry→

director · ~55y · appointed 2006-06-01

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Active

RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-05-26 · resigned 2006-05-26

Resigned

RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2006-05-26 · resigned 2006-05-26

Resigned

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