ABBEY INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS LTD

💤Zombieactive
06699869 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-17
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,477
Cash YoY
+22%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
↑ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£2k
↑ 285% YoY
Current Assets
£98k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20k£39k£59k£78k£98kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£77.5k£84.4k
Current assets£97.8k£97.5k
Cash£8.3k£6.9k
Net assets£2.5k£644

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 capital
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-03-07
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2026-02-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-14
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2021-12-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-08
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2019-03-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2019-01-17
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-11-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-21
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2018-07-19
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2011-02-18
    ➕
    PATEL, Faruk Yakoob appointed
    director
  18. 2011-02-18
    ➖
    SYED, Memoona Nazim resigned
    secretary
  19. 2011-02-18
    ➖
    QURESHI, Toqir Ahmad resigned
    director
  20. 2011-02-18
    ➖
    SYED, Memoona Nazim resigned
    director
  21. 2008-09-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS LTD
  22. 2008-09-17
    ➕
    SYED, Memoona Nazim appointed
    secretary
  23. 2008-09-17
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-09-17
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2008-09-17
    ➕
    QURESHI, Toqir Ahmad appointed
    director
  26. 2008-09-17
    ➕
    SYED, Memoona Nazim appointed
    director
  27. 2008-09-17
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2008-09-17
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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
Mrs Abeda Faruk Patel
Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/02/2026
Mr Faruk Yakoob Patel
Individual · British · DOB 04/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-09-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Abbey & Co Associates 1st Floor, Abbey House
270-272 Lever Street
Bolton
Lancashire
BL3 6PD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-15
Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

PATEL, Faruk Yakoob→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SYED, Memoona Nazim→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-17 · resigned 2011-02-18
Resigned
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-09-17 · resigned 2008-09-17
Resigned
QURESHI, Toqir Ahmad→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-09-17 · resigned 2011-02-18
Resigned
SYED, Memoona Nazim→
director · ~54y · appointed 2008-09-17 · resigned 2011-02-18
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-09-17 · resigned 2008-09-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-07
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-01