ABLE SYSTEMS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06258147 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-24

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 26110

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 18.1y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

89 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	21	2000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand

2026-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-23
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-01-12
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-24
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-04-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-01
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BRIDGER, Sarah appointed
director
2023-04-01
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HOUGHTON, Michael John appointed
director
2023-03-31
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EVANS, Ian Keith resigned
director
2023-03-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-03
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-05-28
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-05-28
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-05
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-08-04
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2020-07-23
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
2020-06-26
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FOSTER, Leigh Joseph resigned
director
2016-05-06
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Charge satisfied #2
2016-05-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2015-12-31
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CHAPLOW, Richard Dane resigned
director
2013-01-01
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STRIPES NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-04-02
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CHAPLOW, Richard Dane appointed
director
2008-04-02
➕
EVANS, Ian Keith appointed
director
2008-04-02
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FOSTER, Leigh Joseph appointed
director
2008-04-02
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Provident Capital Indemnity Limited
2008-04-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Ge Commercial Finance Limited
2007-06-06
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WAY, Derek Reginald appointed
director
2007-06-06
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STRIPES NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2007-05-24
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Company incorporated
As ABLE SYSTEMS LIMITED
2007-05-24
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-05-24
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SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-05-24
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2007-05-24
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CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+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.

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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)

Group structure

Able Systems Eot Trustee Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Able Systems Eot Trustee Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ABLE SYSTEMS LIMITED

This company · 06258147

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Able Systems Eot Trustee Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest	24/02/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Derek Reginald Wayceased 24/02/2021· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2007-05-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC26110 — SIC 26110

Registered office

Denton Drive

Northwich

Cheshire

CW9 7TU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-07

Last: 2025-05-24

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BRIDGER, Sarah→

director · ~59y · appointed 2023-04-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HOUGHTON, Michael John→

director · ~61y · appointed 2023-04-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WAY, Derek Reginald→

director · ~63y · appointed 2007-06-06

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-05-24 · resigned 2007-05-24

Resigned

STRIPES NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-06-06 · resigned 2013-01-01

Resigned

CHAPLOW, Richard Dane→

director · ~71y · appointed 2008-04-02 · resigned 2015-12-31

Resigned

EVANS, Ian Keith→

director · ~61y · appointed 2008-04-02 · resigned 2023-03-31

Resigned

FOSTER, Leigh Joseph→

director · ~73y · appointed 2008-04-02 · resigned 2020-06-26

Resigned

CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-05-24 · resigned 2007-05-24

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Handelsbanken Handelsbanken PLC	A registered charge	1 property	23/07/2020	—
satisfied	Provident Capital Indemnity Provident Capital Indemnity Limited	Composite guarantee and debenture	1 property	02/04/2008	06/05/2016
satisfied	Ge Commercial Finance Ge Commercial Finance Limited	Composite all assets guarantee and debenture	1 property	02/04/2008	06/05/2016

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Recent filings (89 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-02-12

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2026-01-23

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-01-12

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-02

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-30

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2024-05-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-13

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-14

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-06-14

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-06-14

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC05

2023-06-06

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-04-14

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2023-04-14

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2023-04-14