ABRAHAM INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07520714 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-08
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: General medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active 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 (76/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
41 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees200200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 address
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-08-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2022-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-08-07
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-02-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ABRAHAM INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES LIMITED
  17. 2011-02-08
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    ABRAHAM, Thomas appointed
    secretary
  18. 2011-02-08
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    ABRAHAM, Thomas, Dr appointed
    director
  19. 2011-02-08
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  20. 2011-02-08
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    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ABRAHAM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 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 candidate

Strong 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

clean
No 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Thomas Abraham
Individual · British · DOB 06/1950 · age 76
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/02/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-02-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86210 — General medical practice activities

Registered office

10 Acklam Court
Beverley
HU17 0FN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-20
Last: 2026-02-06

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ABRAHAM, Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-08
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Active
ABRAHAM, Thomas, Dr→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-02-08
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Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2011-02-08 · resigned 2011-02-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-21