ABBOTT CAPITAL (EUROPE), LTD

🌳Matureactive
07506871 · ltd · incorporated 2011-01-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (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 2.0y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees3300

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-14
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2024-06-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Innovation Banking
  6. 2024-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-03-21
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2024-03-15
    PARZIALE, Paolo appointed
    secretary
  10. 2023-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-05-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-02-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-05-01
    KLEMME, Jobst-Albrecht appointed
    director
  20. 2017-05-01
    SMITH, Matthew Michael resigned
    director
  21. 2015-09-08
    MASSEY, Lauren Marie resigned
    director
  22. 2012-02-09
    PARZIALE, Paolo appointed
    director
  23. 2011-01-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTT CAPITAL (EUROPE), LTD
  24. 2011-01-26
    MASSEY, Lauren Marie appointed
    director
  25. 2011-01-26
    SMITH, Matthew Michael appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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.)

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

6th Floor 9 Appold Street
London
EC2A 2AP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PARZIALE, Paolo
secretary · appointed 2024-03-15
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Active
KLEMME, Jobst-Albrecht
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-05-01
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Active
PARZIALE, Paolo
director · ~49y · appointed 2012-02-09
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Active
MASSEY, Lauren Marie
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-01-26 · resigned 2015-09-08
Resigned
SMITH, Matthew Michael
director · ~57y · appointed 2011-01-26 · resigned 2017-05-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Innovation Banking
A registered charge06/06/2024
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Recent filings (47 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22