ABACUS MONEY MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06755206 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-21
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£37.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 14.1y

35/100
too messy

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 4 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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
86 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
75
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £37,277

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£37k
Current Assets
£491k
Current Liabilities
£0£98k£196k£294k£393k£491kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.66M
Current assets£490.8k
Debtors£490.8k
Net assets£37.3k
Average employees1800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-18
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  3. 2025-02-18
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  4. 2025-02-18
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  5. 2025-02-18
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  6. 2025-02-18
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  7. 2025-02-14
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  8. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-06-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-10-26
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-03-01
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  12. 2023-03-01
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  13. 2023-03-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2023-03-01
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  15. 2022-12-19
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    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2022-12-07
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  17. 2022-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2022-08-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2022-08-05
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2021-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2020-12-15
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Stephen Atwell Financial Advisers LLP
  22. 2020-10-29
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    Charge satisfied #2
  23. 2018-11-21
    CLEWS, William John resigned
    director
  24. 2016-11-10
    GREAVES, Noel Jared appointed
    director
  25. 2016-11-10
    GREAVES, Van Sheldon appointed
    director
  26. 2016-11-10
    BRIDGES, Alan resigned
    director
  27. 2016-11-10
    CLEWS, William John appointed
    director
  28. 2016-11-10
    CLEWS, William John resigned
    director
  29. 2016-11-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Alan Bridges
  30. 2016-04-27
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    Charge satisfied #1
  31. 2014-03-30
    FITZPATRICK, Barbara Ann resigned
    secretary
  32. 2012-04-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lighthouse Corporate Services Limited
  33. 2008-11-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ABACUS MONEY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  34. 2008-11-21
    FITZPATRICK, Barbara Ann appointed
    secretary
  35. 2008-11-21
    BRIDGES, Alan appointed
    director
  36. 2008-11-21
    CLEWS, William John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Copperfields Financial Management Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Copperfields Financial Management Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
ABACUS MONEY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
This company · 06755206

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Copperfields Financial Management Ltd
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/10/2018
Mr Van Sheldon Greaves
Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58
sig. influencesignificant influence06/10/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Keith Douglas Henryceased 06/10/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • James Connaught Ltdceased 06/10/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

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

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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
Incorporated2008-11-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

14 Miller Court Severn Drive
Tewkesbury Business Park
Tewkesbury
GL20 8DN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

GREAVES, Noel Jared
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-11-10
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Active
GREAVES, Van Sheldon
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-11-10
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Active
FITZPATRICK, Barbara Ann
secretary · appointed 2008-11-21 · resigned 2014-03-30
Resigned
BRIDGES, Alan
director · ~72y · appointed 2008-11-21 · resigned 2016-11-10
Resigned
CLEWS, William John
director · ~73y · appointed 2016-11-10 · resigned 2018-11-21
Resigned
CLEWS, William John
director · ~73y · appointed 2008-11-21 · resigned 2016-11-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property07/12/2022
outstanding
Stephen Atwell Financial Advisers
Stephen Atwell Financial Advisers LLP
A registered charge15/12/2020
satisfied
Alan Bridges / William John Clews
A registered charge10/11/201629/10/2020
satisfied
Lighthouse Corporate Services
Lighthouse Corporate Services Limited
Deed of assignment by way of security1 property03/04/201227/04/2016
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Recent filings (86 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-18
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-02-18
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-02-18
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-02-18
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-02-18
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-28
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-03-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2023-03-01