ABSOLUTE INTELLIGENCE CALL CENTRE LTD

💤Zombieactive
09689776 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-16
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 Jul 2024
Net worth
£226.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Data processing, hosting and related activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -69% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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, 1 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 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
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £226,605
Net assets shrinking
Down £25,051 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 69% YoY
Cash YoY
-69%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£61k
↓ 69% YoY
Net Worth
£227k
↓ 10.0% YoY
Current Assets
£415k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£99k£199k£298k£397k£496kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£227.4k£275.3k
Current assets£414.8k£496.5k
Cash£61.1k£196.3k
Debtors£353.7k£300.2k
Net assets£226.6k£251.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-16
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-10-16
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  3. 2025-07-05
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2025-07-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-07-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2024-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-02-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-05
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2022-10-04
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2021-07-31
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2021-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-07-06
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2020-04-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-05-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-07-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE INTELLIGENCE CALL CENTRE LTD
  19. 2015-07-16
    RYAN, Gerard Anthony appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-10-16: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2025-10-16: change-of-name-notice

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gerard Anthony Ryan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1982 · age 44
75100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-07-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC63110 — Data processing, hosting and related activities

Registered office

C/O Pomegranate, 3 Hardman Square
Spinningfields
Manchester
M3 3EB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

RYAN, Gerard Anthony
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-07-16
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Recent filings (33 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-10-16
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2025-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-21
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-10-05
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03