ABCORP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06043537 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-08
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 2 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-06-10
    ➕
    SKIRTON, Helen Mary appointed
    director
  3. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-05-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-27
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2021-04-27
    📄
    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  11. 2021-01-01
    ➕
    SRLV LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  12. 2020-12-31
    ➖
    NEW BOND STREET REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  13. 2020-08-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-01-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2020-01-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-09-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-07-15
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  18. 2019-06-18
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2018-11-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-03-31
    ➖
    BOND STREET REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2016-03-31
    ➕
    NEW BOND STREET REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2013-01-01
    ➕
    BOND STREET REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2013-01-01
    ➖
    PORTLAND REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-02-01
    ➕
    SKIRTON, Andrew Graham appointed
    director
  25. 2007-02-01
    ➖
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2007-02-01
    ➕
    PORTLAND REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2007-02-01
    ➖
    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2007-01-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABCORP LIMITED
  29. 2007-01-08
    ➕
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2007-01-08
    ➕
    INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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 Andrew Graham Skirton
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-01-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Elsley Court
20-22 Great Titchfield Street
London
W1W 8BE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-21
Last: 2025-12-07

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

SRLV LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2021-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKIRTON, Andrew Graham→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKIRTON, Helen Mary→
director · ~63y · appointed 2026-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOND STREET REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2013-01-01 · resigned 2016-03-31
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-08 · resigned 2007-02-01
Resigned
NEW BOND STREET REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-03-31 · resigned 2020-12-31
Resigned
PORTLAND REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-02-01 · resigned 2013-01-01
Resigned
INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-08 · resigned 2007-02-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-04-27
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-11