ABC CODING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07363764 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-02
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26512
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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, 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 (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 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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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
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| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-08-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-08-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-07-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-01-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-08-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2012-02-27➕PAGE, Margaret Elaine appointeddirector
- 2010-09-02🏢Company incorporatedAs ABC CODING LIMITED
- 2010-09-02➕PAGE, Margaret Elaine appointedsecretary
- 2010-09-02➕PAGE, Richard William appointeddirector
- 2010-09-02➕CARTER, John appointeddirector
- 2010-09-02➖CARTER, John resigneddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
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.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Margaret Elaine Page Individual · British · DOB 10/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 13/01/2020 |
Mr Richard William Page Individual · British · DOB 12/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/07/2016 |
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
Incorporated2010-09-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26512 — SIC 26512
Registered office
Headlands House 1 Kings Court
Kettering Parkway
Kettering
Northamptonshire
NN15 6WJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
PAGE, Margaret Elaine→
Activesecretary · appointed 2010-09-02
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PAGE, Margaret Elaine→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2012-02-27
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PAGE, Richard William→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2010-09-02
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CARTER, John→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2010-09-02 · resigned 2010-09-02
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Recent filings (55 total)
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2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-08-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-14