ABS RESOURCING LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06951271 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-03
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£5.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (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).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 14.7y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £5,489
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£5k
Current Assets
£103k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £37.3k | — |
| Current assets | £103.2k | — |
| Net assets | £5.5k | — |
| Average employees | — | 400 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-02-02📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-02-02🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2026-01-30🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Skipton Business Finance Limited
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2011-09-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
- 2010-11-24➖MERCER, Craig resigneddirector
- 2010-11-23➕THOMPSON, Martin Eric appointeddirector
- 2009-07-03🏢Company incorporatedAs ABS RESOURCING LIMITED
- 2009-07-03➕MERCER, Craig 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 15 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 15 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Corrine Leigh Badger-Thompson Individual · British · DOB 12/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 07/03/2017 |
Mr Martin Eric Thompson Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies
Registered office
Little Garth Tirley Lane
Utkinton
Tarporley
Cheshire
CW6 0JZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-17
Last: 2025-07-03
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
THOMPSON, Martin Eric→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2010-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MERCER, Craig→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2009-07-03 · resigned 2010-11-24
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Skipton Business Finance Skipton Business Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/01/2026 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited | All assets debenture | 1 property | 06/09/2011 | 02/02/2026 |
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Recent filings (50 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-02-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29