ABBACAS CONSULTING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05956850 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-05
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£88.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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 £88,662
Cash YoY
+45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£101k
↑ 45% YoY
Net Worth
£89k
↑ 77% YoY
Current Assets
£191k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£38k£76k£115k£153k£191kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£88.7k£50.0k
Current assets£190.9k£155.2k
Cash£100.7k£69.4k
Debtors£90.2k£85.8k
Net assets£88.7k£50.0k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-12-31
    ➖
    VAN DER WALT, Louis John resigned
    director
  8. 2021-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-04-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2006-10-07
    ➕
    VANDERHOVEN, Brenda Josephine appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-10-07
    ➕
    VANDERHOVEN, Barry Keath appointed
    director
  19. 2006-10-07
    ➕
    VANDERHOVEN, Brenda Josephine appointed
    director
  20. 2006-10-07
    ➖
    LUNN, Denis Christopher Carter resigned
    nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-10-07
    ➖
    GOOD, Jayne Elizabeth resigned
    nominee-director
  22. 2006-10-07
    ➕
    VAN DER WALT, Louis John appointed
    director
  23. 2006-10-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBACAS CONSULTING LIMITED
  24. 2006-10-05
    ➕
    LUNN, Denis Christopher Carter appointed
    nominee-secretary
  25. 2006-10-05
    ➕
    GOOD, Jayne Elizabeth appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 78 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry Keath Vanderhoven
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Brenda Josephine Vanderhoven
Individual · British · DOB 06/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

95 Ashby Road
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3AB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

VANDERHOVEN, Brenda Josephine→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VANDERHOVEN, Barry Keath→
director · ~72y · appointed 2006-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VANDERHOVEN, Brenda Josephine→
director · ~78y · appointed 2006-10-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LUNN, Denis Christopher Carter→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-05 · resigned 2006-10-07
Resigned
GOOD, Jayne Elizabeth→
nominee-director · ~60y · appointed 2006-10-05 · resigned 2006-10-07
Resigned
VAN DER WALT, Louis John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-10-07 · resigned 2021-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-27