ABACUS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LTD
💤Zombieactive
08666185 · ltd · incorporated 2013-08-28
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-7.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 62020Information technology consultancy activities
- 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 74/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 3 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 (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £7,485
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£7k
↓ 337% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.4k | £8.3k |
| Current assets | £5.1k | £8.6k |
| Cash | — | £5.2k |
| Debtors | — | £667 |
| Net assets | £-7.5k | £-1.7k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-10-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-11-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-10-01➖FATIR, Ahmad resigneddirector
- 2023-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-06-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-01-01➖ABBASI, Maryam Sultan resigneddirector
- 2019-11-01➕ABBASI, Maryam Sultan appointeddirector
- 2013-08-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ABACUS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LTD
- 2013-08-28➕ABBASI, Ahmed Sami appointeddirector
- 2013-08-28➕FATIR, Ahmad appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
58/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ahmed Sami Abbasi Individual · British · DOB 01/1981 · age 45 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/08/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ahmad Fatirceased 01/07/2020· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| 7 DAYS FOOD & WINE LIMITED→ 07906614 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| A2Z UK TRADERS LTD→ 12659266 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AAA SPORTSWEAR LIMITED→ 13270821 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AAAM RETAIL LTD→ 17130058 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AALIYAH AROMAS LTD→ 14046632 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AAZ TRADING LTD→ 16662481 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ABACUS BRANDS LIMITED→ 13573520 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ABACUS ONLINE DISTRIBUTION LTD→ 12404650 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| ABBAN TRADERS LIMITED→ 16558524 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ABBASI TRANSPORT LTD→ 15478120 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ABC COMPUTER ENGINEERS LIMITED→ 03561222 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 27y | — | — |
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-08-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Registered office
Office 2 First Floor
7 Mackenzie Street
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 1XQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
ABBASI, Ahmed Sami→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2013-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ABBASI, Maryam Sultan→
Resigneddirector · ~37y · appointed 2019-11-01 · resigned 2020-01-01
FATIR, Ahmad→
Resigneddirector · ~41y · appointed 2013-08-28 · resigned 2023-10-01
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Recent filings (45 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28