ABBOTSWOOD CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06568461 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-17
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82110Combined office administrative service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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 (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
52 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£200£400£600£800£1kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£1.0k£1.0k
Current assets£1.0k£1.0k
Net assets£1.0k£1.0k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-05-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-05-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-04-30
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    CATTLIN, Christopher appointed
    director
  6. 2025-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-02-22
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    NEWMAN, Laurence Paul resigned
    director
  13. 2020-06-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-05-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2019-05-01
    ➕
    NEWMAN, Laurence Paul appointed
    director
  17. 2019-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-07-16
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2018-06-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2010-04-01
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    ROBERTS, David John resigned
    director
  21. 2008-04-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTSWOOD CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED
  22. 2008-04-17
    ➕
    DICKER, Susan appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-04-17
    ➕
    DICKER, Stephen Patrick appointed
    director
  24. 2008-04-17
    ➕
    ROBERTS, David John appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

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 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

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

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Abbotswood Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABBOTSWOOD CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 06568461

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
Abbotswood Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/04/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Stephen Patrick Dickerceased 30/04/2025· significant influence · firm interest

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
Incorporated2008-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Trevear House Old County Court
Alverton Terrace
Penzance
Cornwall
TR18 4GH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DICKER, Susan→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CATTLIN, Christopher→
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-04-30
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Active
DICKER, Stephen Patrick→
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEWMAN, Laurence Paul→
director · ~77y · appointed 2019-05-01 · resigned 2021-02-22
Resigned
ROBERTS, David John→
director · ~78y · appointed 2008-04-17 · resigned 2010-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13