ABBOTSOUND INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07452092 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (67/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-02-15
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2025-02-11
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-11-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-11-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-04-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-06-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2019-03-01
    ➕
    WARING-SMITH, Amanda appointed
    director
  18. 2018-12-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2018-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2014-06-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 2014-03-05
    ➕
    WARING, Nicholas Graham appointed
    director
  22. 2010-11-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTSOUND INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  23. 2010-11-26
    ➕
    HAMPSON, Mark Leslie appointed
    director
  24. 2010-11-26
    ➕
    HAMPSON, Michael James appointed
    director
  25. 2010-11-26
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2010-11-26
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2010-11-26
    ➕
    DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola appointed
    director
  28. 2010-11-26
    ➖
    DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola resigned
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

3rd Floor 86-90 Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-10
Last: 2025-11-26

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HAMPSON, Mark Leslie→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-11-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMPSON, Michael James→
director · ~44y · appointed 2010-11-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARING, Nicholas Graham→
director · ~60y · appointed 2014-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARING-SMITH, Amanda→
director · ~56y · appointed 2019-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-11-26 · resigned 2010-11-26
Resigned
DAVIES, Dunstana Adeshola→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-11-26 · resigned 2010-11-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—23/06/2014—
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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28