AB700 LTD

🌳Matureactive
08313772 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-30
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
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees400400

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-12-02
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  3. 2024-12-02
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  4. 2024-12-02
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  5. 2024-09-17
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  6. 2024-03-22
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  7. 2023-09-08
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  8. 2022-09-20
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  9. 2021-09-23
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  10. 2020-09-10
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  11. 2019-09-18
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  12. 2018-09-29
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  13. 2017-09-16
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  14. 2017-06-25
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    ALLBONES, Deborah Lynn appointed
    director
  15. 2017-06-25
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    ALLBONES, Stephen appointed
    director
  16. 2017-06-25
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  17. 2017-06-25
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  18. 2017-05-09
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  19. 2012-11-30
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    Company incorporated
    As AB700 LTD
  20. 2012-11-30
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    ALLBONES, David appointed
    director
  21. 2012-11-30
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    ALLBONES, Mandy Julie appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Allbones
Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest07/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-11-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

8 Wilkinson Road
Halewood
Liverpool
L26 6AF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

ALLBONES, David→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-11-30
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Active
ALLBONES, Deborah Lynn→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-06-25
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Active
ALLBONES, Mandy Julie→
director · ~63y · appointed 2012-11-30
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Active
ALLBONES, Stephen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-06-25
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Recent filings (39 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
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accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-10