ABACUS ACCOUNTANTS AND BUSINESS ADVISORS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07276897 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-08
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive 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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
34 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-18📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-06-08➖OLANIYAN, Olabode Emmanuel resignedsecretary
- 2020-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-23📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-01-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-01-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2015-06-17📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2010-06-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ABACUS ACCOUNTANTS AND BUSINESS ADVISORS LIMITED
- 2010-06-08➕OLANIYAN, Olabode Emmanuel appointeddirector
- 2010-06-08➕OLANIYAN, Olabode Emmanuel appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
100/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
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 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Olabode Emmanuel Olaniyan Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-06-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
215 North Street
Romford
Essex
RM1 4QA
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-22
Last: 2025-06-08
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
OLANIYAN, Olabode Emmanuel→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2010-06-08
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OLANIYAN, Olabode Emmanuel→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-06-08 · resigned 2020-06-08
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Recent filings (34 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-10