AB CABS (CONTRACTS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06865210 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-31
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£104.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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 £104,724

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£105k
Current Assets
£312k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£104.7k
Current assets£312.3k
Net assets£104.7k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-04-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2025-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-10-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-08-23
    ➕
    MUSA, Farida appointed
    director
  16. 2016-08-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2016-07-25
    ➖
    MUSA, Farida resigned
    director
  18. 2015-07-01
    ➕
    MUSA, Farida appointed
    director
  19. 2011-04-06
    ➖
    NAKHUDA, Khalid resigned
    director
  20. 2010-01-01
    ➕
    NAKHUDA, Khalid appointed
    director
  21. 2009-03-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AB CABS (CONTRACTS) LIMITED
  22. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    MUSA, Usman Ibrahim appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    MUSA, Usman Ibrahim appointed
    director
  24. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    AR Corporate Secretaries Limited appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2009-03-31
    ➖
    AR Corporate Secretaries Limited resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    THOBURN, Robert James appointed
    director
  27. 2009-03-31
    ➖
    THOBURN, Robert James resigned
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Farida Musa
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control01/07/2016
Mr Usman Ibrahim Musa
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

Pegasus House, 5 Winckley Court
Mount Street
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 8BU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-02
Last: 2025-08-19

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

MUSA, Usman Ibrahim→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUSA, Farida→
director · ~69y · appointed 2016-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MUSA, Usman Ibrahim→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AR Corporate Secretaries Limited→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2009-03-31
Resigned
MUSA, Farida→
director · ~69y · appointed 2015-07-01 · resigned 2016-07-25
Resigned
NAKHUDA, Khalid→
director · ~56y · appointed 2010-01-01 · resigned 2011-04-06
Resigned
THOBURN, Robert James→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2009-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-19