ABBD LTD

💤Zombieactive
07136097 · ltd · incorporated 2010-01-26
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees100100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-02-23
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  4. 2026-02-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2026-02-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-01-31
    ➕
    BORN, Simon Henry Graham appointed
    director
  8. 2025-01-31
    ➖
    BORN, Michelle Louise resigned
    director
  9. 2024-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-09-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2024-09-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2024-09-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2024-07-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2024-07-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2023-05-09
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  17. 2023-05-04
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2023-05-04
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2023-05-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2022-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2022-07-08
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  22. 2022-06-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  23. 2022-06-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  24. 2020-12-31
    ➖
    BORN, Andrew Charles Albert, Mr. resigned
    director
  25. 2010-01-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBD LTD
  26. 2010-01-26
    ➕
    MAGNA SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2010-01-26
    ➕
    BORN, Andrew Charles Albert, Mr. appointed
    director
  28. 2010-01-26
    ➕
    BORN, Michelle Louise appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Mrs Michelle Louise Born
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr. Andrew Charles Albert Bornceased 31/12/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

1st Floor, Born & Co. Devonshire House
1 Mayfair Place
London
W1J 8AJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

MAGNA SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BORN, Simon Henry Graham→
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-01-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BORN, Andrew Charles Albert, Mr.→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-01-26 · resigned 2020-12-31
Resigned
BORN, Michelle Louise→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-01-26 · resigned 2025-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-23
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2026-02-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12