ABC WORKSAFE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06808949 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-03
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
£1.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
50 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,584
Cash YoY
+57%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£16k
↑ 57% YoY
Net Worth
£2k
↑ 3860% YoY
Current Assets
£25k
↑ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£5k£10k£15k£20k£25kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.3k£2.9k
Current assets£24.9k£16.9k
Cash£16.3k£10.4k
Debtors£8.6k£6.5k
Net assets£1.6k£40

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-09-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-09-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-04-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-04-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-03-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-03-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-03-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2019-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2009-02-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ABC WORKSAFE LIMITED
  20. 2009-02-03
    ➕
    LANE, Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Lane
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

11 Coast Harsfold Road
Rustington
Littlehampton
BN16 2QR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-17
Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

LANE, Paul→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-02-03
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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-10