ABSOLUTE PACKAGING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07796161 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-04
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 Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 17290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (72/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-30
Average employees100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-03
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-12-23
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  3. 2024-12-02
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-11
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-03-09
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    address · AD01
  7. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-11-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-11-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-06-25
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-10-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2011-10-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE PACKAGING LIMITED
  18. 2011-10-04
    ➕
    CONNOR, Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Stephen Connor
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
50–75%
25–50%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Rosemary Anne Edwards
Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-10-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC17290 — SIC 17290

Registered office

C/O Bright Partnership 26 Edward Court
Altrincham Business Park
Altrincham
WA14 5GL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CONNOR, Stephen→
director · ~63y · appointed 2011-10-04
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Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-01-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-11-23