ABUDEY & CO. LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05923309 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-04

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 Sept 2024

Net worth

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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

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

47 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-06-26
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2024-06-28
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2023-06-09
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2022-06-29
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2021-07-07
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2020-08-20
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2019-06-28
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2018-06-29
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2017-06-30
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2016-06-29
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accounts · AA
2015-10-01
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2015-07-06
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2015-07-06
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officers · CH01
2015-06-26
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2014-09-17
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2008-06-02
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KUSI, Yaw appointed
director
2006-09-04
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Company incorporated
As ABUDEY & CO. LIMITED
2006-09-04
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HAMILTON ABUDEY, Jennifer Joan appointed
secretary
2006-09-04
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ABUDEY, Symon Lawson appointed
director
2006-09-04
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DUNGATE, Keith Stephen appointed
secretary
2006-09-04
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DUNGATE, Keith Stephen resigned
secretary
2006-09-04
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DUNGATE, Stephanie Marie appointed
director
2006-09-04
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DUNGATE, Stephanie Marie resigned
director

Owner dependency

98/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ABUDEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Symon Lawson Abudey Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	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

Incorporated2006-09-04

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

1st Floor 14-16 Powis Street

Woolwich

London

SE18 6LF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-18

Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HAMILTON ABUDEY, Jennifer Joan→

secretary · appointed 2006-09-04

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Active

ABUDEY, Symon Lawson→

director · ~76y · appointed 2006-09-04

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Active

KUSI, Yaw→

director · ~73y · appointed 2008-06-02

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Active

DUNGATE, Keith Stephen→

secretary · appointed 2006-09-04 · resigned 2006-09-04

Resigned

DUNGATE, Stephanie Marie→

director · ~70y · appointed 2006-09-04 · resigned 2006-09-04

Resigned

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