ABSOLUTE CARE (NW) LTD

🌳Matureactive

08270126 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-26

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£15.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -42% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £15,052

Cash draining

Cash down 42% YoY

Cash YoY

-42%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1k

↓ 42% YoY

Net Worth

£15k

↑ 60% YoY

Current Assets

£27k

↑ 27% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£15.3k	£9.7k
Current assets	£26.6k	£21.0k
Cash	£1.2k	£2.2k
Debtors	£25.3k	£18.8k
Net assets	£15.1k	£9.4k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2025-04-15
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2024-03-26
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2023-03-15
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accounts · AA
2022-06-13
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2021-06-18
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accounts · AA
2020-02-20
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accounts · AA
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address · AD01
2019-03-19
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2019-03-08
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address · AD01
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2012-10-26
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Company incorporated
As ABSOLUTE CARE (NW) LTD
2012-10-26
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JONES, Joseph appointed
director
2012-10-26
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ROBERTSON, Tracy appointed
director

Owner dependency

78/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Joseph Jones Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Ms Tracy Robertson Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-10-26

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC88100 — Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Unit 5 Connect Business Village Connect Business Park

24 Derby Road

Liverpool

Merseyside

L5 9PR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-18

Last: 2026-02-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JONES, Joseph→

director · ~67y · appointed 2012-10-26

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ROBERTSON, Tracy→

director · ~60y · appointed 2012-10-26

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