ABACUSORANGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09245183 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-02
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
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74901Environmental consulting activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). 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, 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 (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
49 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£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-30
Average employees200—

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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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-06-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-10-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2022-10-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-10-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-10-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-07-01
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-10
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    officers · AP03
  13. 2021-11-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-10-29
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    COLEMAN, James Michael appointed
    secretary
  15. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-10-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2021-10-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  18. 2021-10-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  19. 2021-09-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2021-01-20
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  21. 2021-01-19
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  22. 2019-10-01
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    COLEMAN, James Michael appointed
    director
  23. 2017-10-01
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    KENDALL, Lawrence Dodd appointed
    director
  24. 2017-10-01
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    KENDALL, Lawrence resigned
    director
  25. 2016-08-12
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    MACPHERSON, Andrew John resigned
    director
  26. 2014-10-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ABACUSORANGE LIMITED
  27. 2014-10-02
    ➕
    KENDALL, Lawrence appointed
    director
  28. 2014-10-02
    ➕
    MACPHERSON, Andrew John 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 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Lawrence Dodd Kendall
Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr James Michael Coleman
Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/12/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Lawrence Kendallceased 01/10/2017· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2014-10-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

Regent House Folds Point
Folds Road
Bolton
Greater Manchester
BL1 2RZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-12
Last: 2025-09-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

COLEMAN, James Michael→
secretary · appointed 2021-10-29
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Active
COLEMAN, James Michael→
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-10-01
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Active
KENDALL, Lawrence Dodd→
director · ~58y · appointed 2017-10-01
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Active
KENDALL, Lawrence→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-10-02 · resigned 2017-10-01
Resigned
MACPHERSON, Andrew John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-10-02 · resigned 2016-08-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-01