ABYASA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06071476 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-29
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
54 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£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees100100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-04-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2025-04-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-04-01
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    SHETTY, Shashidhar appointed
    director
  6. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-09-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2019-01-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-12-31
    ➖
    ABBOTTS BARTON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2007-01-31
    ➕
    MCCRAE, John Kirkwood appointed
    director
  20. 2007-01-31
    ➕
    ABBOTTS BARTON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2007-01-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ABYASA LIMITED
  22. 2007-01-29
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-01-29
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2007-01-29
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2007-01-29
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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.)

Group structure

Abyasa Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Abyasa Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABYASA LIMITED
This company · 06071476

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Abyasa Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/04/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Kirkwood Mccraeceased 01/04/2025· 75-100% 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
Incorporated2007-01-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

Enterprise House C/O Integrate Accountants
Ocean Way
Southampton
SO14 3XB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MCCRAE, John Kirkwood→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHETTY, Shashidhar→
director · ~37y · appointed 2025-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABBOTTS BARTON SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-01-31 · resigned 2009-12-31
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-01-29 · resigned 2007-01-29
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-01-29 · resigned 2007-01-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-19