ABAKUS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07426947 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-02
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 Nov 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 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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, 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, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
45 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 | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
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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
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-07📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-09✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2023-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-30✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2010-11-11➕POLLITT, Kenneth Rodney, Dr appointeddirector
- 2010-11-11➖KAHAN, Barbara resigneddirector
- 2010-11-02🏢Company incorporatedAs ABAKUS LIMITED
- 2010-11-02➕KAHAN, Barbara appointeddirector
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 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
98/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dr Kenneth Rodney Pollitt Individual · British · DOB 08/1950 · age 76 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 02/11/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-11-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
Bowden House
36 Northampton Road
Market Harborough
LE16 9HE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02
Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)
POLLITT, Kenneth Rodney, Dr→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2010-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KAHAN, Barbara→
Resigneddirector · ~95y · appointed 2010-11-02 · resigned 2010-11-11
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (45 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-07
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-03-30