ABLEREX ELECTRONICS U.K. LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06892520 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-30
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£-1.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (68/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 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 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £1,780
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,818 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 116% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-1.8k | £11.0k |
| Debtors | £490 | £1.2k |
| Net assets | £-1.8k | £11.0k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-10📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2026-03-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-05📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2018-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-08-16📄change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH04
- 2016-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2009-12-02➕HSU, Wen appointeddirector
- 2009-12-02➖SABBADIN, Roberto resigneddirector
- 2009-04-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ABLEREX ELECTRONICS U.K. LIMITED
- 2009-04-30➕VISTRA COSEC LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-04-30➕SABBADIN, Roberto appointeddirector
Owner dependency
93/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 16 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
Ground Floor
Templeback, 10 Temple Back
Bristol
BS1 6FL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
VISTRA COSEC LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2009-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SABBADIN, Roberto→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2009-04-30 · resigned 2009-12-02
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Recent filings (46 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2026-04-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-30