AABM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08969997 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-01

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	200	200

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

filings

• 1 resolution
• 1 capital
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 resolution
• 1 capital
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 resolution
• 1 capital
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-04-11
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-09
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-04
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-08-11
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-03-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-10-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-09-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-07-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2017-07-01
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UZZELL, David Mark appointed
director
2014-04-01
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Company incorporated
As AABM LIMITED
2014-04-01
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UZZELL, Alison Jayne appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 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 66. 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 12 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-04-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Tidecrest

Oxwich

Swansea

SA3 1NA

Wales

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-15

Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

UZZELL, Alison Jayne→

director · ~65y · appointed 2014-04-01

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Active

UZZELL, David Mark→

director · ~66y · appointed 2017-07-01

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Recent filings (32 total)

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2026-04-11

capital-name-of-class-of-shares

capital · SH08

2026-04-09

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-01