AB BIOTECHNOLOGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08337863 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-20
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.
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 21100
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 72110Research and experimental development on biotechnology
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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, 2 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£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 employees212200

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 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-06-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-04-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2024-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-08-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2023-01-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-05-07
    ➖
    SHERRIFF, Gordon, Mr. resigned
    director
  14. 2020-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-04-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-02-14
    ➕
    PAVLOVSKYI, Illia appointed
    director
  19. 2017-02-14
    ➕
    SCOTTO, Serge appointed
    director
  20. 2017-02-14
    ➖
    EPSHTEYN, Daniil resigned
    director
  21. 2017-02-14
    ➕
    SHERRIFF, Gordon, Mr. appointed
    director
  22. 2017-02-14
    ➖
    TARASOV, Sergey Aleksandrovich, Dr resigned
    director
  23. 2012-12-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AB BIOTECHNOLOGY LIMITED
  24. 2012-12-20
    ➕
    EPSHTEYN, Daniil appointed
    director
  25. 2012-12-20
    ➕
    TARASOV, Sergey Aleksandrovich, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Irina Epshteyn
Individual · Maltese · DOB 08/1970 · age 56
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2012-12-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC21100 — SIC 21100

Registered office

C/O Brodies Llp
90 Bartholomew Close
London
EC1A 7BN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last: 2026-01-17

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

PAVLOVSKYI, Illia→
director · ~55y · appointed 2017-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SCOTTO, Serge→
director · ~72y · appointed 2017-02-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EPSHTEYN, Daniil→
director · ~41y · appointed 2012-12-20 · resigned 2017-02-14
Resigned
SHERRIFF, Gordon, Mr.→
director · ~66y · appointed 2017-02-14 · resigned 2021-05-07
Resigned
TARASOV, Sergey Aleksandrovich, Dr→
director · ~43y · appointed 2012-12-20 · resigned 2017-02-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-17