ABACUS THE LAW C0STS CONSULTANTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06462865 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-03
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees500500

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

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 (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-14
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    PORTCH, Nicholas appointed
    secretary
  7. 2021-09-14
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  8. 2021-09-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-07-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2021-01-01
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    RAZALI, Noraida resigned
    secretary
  13. 2020-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2008-08-01
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    PORTCH, Nicholas appointed
    director
  19. 2008-01-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ABACUS THE LAW C0STS CONSULTANTS LIMITED
  20. 2008-01-03
    ➕
    MONAGHAN, Michael appointed
    director
  21. 2008-01-03
    ➕
    RAZALI, Noraida appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Michael Monoghan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Nick Portch
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · 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
Incorporated2008-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69109 — Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities

Registered office

8 Brackendale Grove
Harpenden
AL5 3EJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-16
Last: 2026-01-02

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

PORTCH, Nicholas→
secretary · appointed 2021-09-14
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Active
MONAGHAN, Michael→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-01-03
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Active
PORTCH, Nicholas→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-08-01
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Active
RAZALI, Noraida→
secretary · appointed 2008-01-03 · resigned 2021-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-09-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-09-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-15