ABACUS HR LTD

💤Zombieactive
05870179 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-10
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£1.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Human resources provision and management of human resources functions
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
56 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 £1,703
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,722 YoY
Cash YoY
+672%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↑ 672% YoY
Net Worth
£2k
↓ 69% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£2k£3k£5k£6k£8kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£1.7k£5.4k
Current assets£4.6k£7.7k
Cash£1.1k£139
Debtors£3.5k£7.5k
Net assets£1.7k£5.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-29
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  3. 2023-06-20
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  4. 2022-03-23
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  5. 2021-10-29
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  6. 2021-10-29
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  7. 2021-10-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2021-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-11-19
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  12. 2018-05-24
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  13. 2017-07-24
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  14. 2016-07-27
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  15. 2016-07-27
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  16. 2016-07-17
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    HADDON, Alison resigned
    secretary
  17. 2016-07-17
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    HADDON, Alison resigned
    director
  18. 2016-07-17
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    HADDON, Ian resigned
    director
  19. 2006-07-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ABACUS HR LTD
  20. 2006-07-10
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    COLMAN, Timothy Edwin appointed
    director
  21. 2006-07-10
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    HADDON, Alison appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-07-10
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    HADDON, Alison appointed
    director
  23. 2006-07-10
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    HADDON, Ian appointed
    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 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Tim Edwin Colman
Individual · British · DOB 04/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Ian Haddonceased 28/10/2021· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Alison Haddonceased 28/10/2021· 25-50% 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
Incorporated2006-07-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78300 — Human resources provision and management of human resources functions

Registered office

17 Bow Field
Hook
Hampshire
RG27 9SA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

COLMAN, Timothy Edwin→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HADDON, Alison→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-10 · resigned 2016-07-17
Resigned
HADDON, Alison→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-07-10 · resigned 2016-07-17
Resigned
HADDON, Ian→
director · ~75y · appointed 2006-07-10 · resigned 2016-07-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
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accounts · AA
2025-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-24