ABACOUSTICS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06691723 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 4.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£522.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 4.3y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.3 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £522,114
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£123k
Net Worth
£522k
Current Assets
£279k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £688.8k | — |
| Current assets | £278.7k | — |
| Cash | £123.1k | — |
| Debtors | £155.6k | — |
| Net assets | £522.1k | — |
| Average employees | — | 700 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-03➖EVANS, Huw Harries resignedsecretary
- 2026-04-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-03📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2026-04-03📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2026-04-02➕ASHTON, Lynda Ann appointedsecretary
- 2026-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-10📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-18➕ASHTON, Lynda Ann appointeddirector
- 2024-11-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-11-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-02-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-02-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2022-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-09-30➖ASHTON, Robert resigneddirector
- 2021-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-09-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ABACOUSTICS LIMITED
- 2008-09-08➕EVANS, Huw Harries appointeddirector
- 2008-09-08➕EVANS, Huw Harries appointedsecretary
- 2008-09-08➕ASHTON, Robert appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Lynda Ann Ashton Individual · British · DOB 05/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/01/2023 |
Mr Huw Harries Evans Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Robert Ashtonceased 05/12/2022· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-09-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 16, F/G/H/I Hepworth Parc
Coed Cae Lane
Pontyclun
Rct
CF72 9ZP
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-19
Last: 2025-11-05
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
ASHTON, Lynda Ann→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2024-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EVANS, Huw Harries→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2008-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
EVANS, Huw Harries→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2008-09-08 · resigned 2026-04-03
ASHTON, Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2008-09-08 · resigned 2021-09-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 08/02/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (55 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-03
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-04-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-20
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-09