AB DIGITAL SYSTEMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09565182 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-28
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-19.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18121
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -89% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.7y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
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
29 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £18,965
Very low cash
Cash position: £8
Cash draining
Cash down 89% YoY
Cash YoY
-89%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£8
↓ 89% YoY
Net Worth
-£19k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-17.7k | £-9.7k |
| Current assets | £3.7k | £4.7k |
| Cash | £8 | £72 |
| Debtors | £3.7k | £4.6k |
| Net assets | £-19.0k | £-14.0k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-12-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-06-25📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-06-01➕SATVILKER, Nawshad Ali appointeddirector
- 2021-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Ultimate Invoice Finance Limited
- 2015-04-28🏢Company incorporatedAs AB DIGITAL SYSTEMS LIMITED
- 2015-04-28➕SATVILKER, Shahinara appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
61/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Nawshad Ali Satvilker Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 01/06/2021 |
Mrs Shahinara Satvilker Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 28/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Shahinara Satvilkerceased 01/06/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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
Incorporated2015-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18121 — SIC 18121
Registered office
110 Carlton Avenue East
Wembley
HA9 8LY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-13
Last: 2025-12-30
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SATVILKER, Nawshad Ali→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2021-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SATVILKER, Shahinara→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2015-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Ultimate Invoice Finance Ultimate Invoice Finance Limited | A registered charge | 8 properties | 20/08/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (29 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-12-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-12-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-25