ABSOLUTE CARE SERVICES (SUTTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06991568 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-14
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-101
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
45 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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £101

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£101
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£101-£101-£101-£101-£101-£101Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£-101£-101
Net assets£-101£-101

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-09
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2023-06-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2023-03-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2016-11-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-10-01
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    SMITH, Richard appointed
    director
  18. 2010-05-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2009-08-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE CARE SERVICES (SUTTON) LIMITED
  20. 2009-08-14
    ➕
    SMITH, Della appointed
    director

Owner dependency

89/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • 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
Ms Della Smith
Individual · British · DOB 09/1967 · age 59
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Richard Smith
Individual · British · DOB 07/1990 · age 36
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-08-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

4 Latimer Road
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 8QA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-15
Last: 2025-06-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SMITH, Della→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-08-14
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SMITH, Richard→
director · ~36y · appointed 2011-10-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property11/05/201009/06/2023

Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-29