ABC TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05964414 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£-24.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Physical well-being activities
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -71% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £24,280
Cash draining
Cash down 71% YoY
Cash YoY
-71%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
↓ 71% YoY
Net Worth
-£24k
↑ 55% YoY
Current Assets
£50k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£54k-£33k-£13k£8k£29k£50kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£23.4k£-11.3k
Current assets£49.9k£44.5k
Cash£1.3k£4.5k
Debtors£44.1k£37.5k
Net assets£-24.3k£-54.3k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-03
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-03
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-12-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-12-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-23
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-10-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2023-02-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-15
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-25
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2020-10-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2020-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-05-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2010-01-18
    ➕
    DAWSON, Colin appointed
    director
  19. 2009-03-10
    ➕
    DAWSON, David Colin appointed
    director
  20. 2009-03-10
    ➕
    DAWSON, Debbie Lynda appointed
    director
  21. 2009-03-09
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    DAWSON, Colin resigned
    director
  22. 2009-03-04
    ➕
    DAWSON, Lynda Maisie appointed
    director
  23. 2006-10-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ABC TRAINING SERVICES LIMITED
  24. 2006-10-12
    ➕
    DAWSON, Lynda Maisie appointed
    secretary
  25. 2006-10-12
    ➕
    DAWSON, Colin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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
Mrs Lynda Maisie Dawson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2018
Mr Colin Dawson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-10-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96040 — Physical well-being activities

Registered office

Unit C2 Rear Of Anglesey Business Centre
Anglesey Road
Burton-On-Trent
Staffordshire
DE14 3NT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

DAWSON, Lynda Maisie→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-12
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Active
DAWSON, Colin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-01-18
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Active
DAWSON, David Colin→
director · ~42y · appointed 2009-03-10
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Active
DAWSON, Debbie Lynda→
director · ~43y · appointed 2009-03-10
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Active
DAWSON, Lynda Maisie→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-03-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAWSON, Colin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-10-12 · resigned 2009-03-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12