ABBEY HILL STUDIOS LTD

💤Zombieactive
07184672 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-10
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70210Public relations and communications activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
49 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees-100100

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
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-03-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-03-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2023-03-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-04-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-02-05
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    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  17. 2011-08-31
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    POLLITT, Julie resigned
    director
  18. 2010-03-24
    ➕
    LEDWARD, Robin appointed
    director
  19. 2010-03-10
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY HILL STUDIOS LTD
  20. 2010-03-10
    ➕
    POLLITT, Julie appointed
    director
  21. 2010-03-10
    ➕
    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson appointed
    director
  22. 2010-03-10
    ➖
    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson resigned
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 67. 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 16 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Robin Ledward
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Robin Ledwardceased 19/03/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2010-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC63990 — Other information service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Creech Castle Business Centre
The Keep
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2DX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

LEDWARD, Robin→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-03-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POLLITT, Julie→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-03-10 · resigned 2011-08-31
Resigned
STEPHENS, Graham Robertson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-03-10 · resigned 2010-03-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-19