ABBA MOTORCYCLE EQUIPMENT UK LTD

🌳Matureactive
09695707 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-21
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
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£73.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30910
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). 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, 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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
33 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £73,214
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,630 YoY
Cash YoY
+123%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£161k
↑ 123% YoY
Net Worth
£73k
↓ 8.3% YoY
Current Assets
£190k
↑ 85% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£38k£76k£114k£152k£190kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£73.2k£79.8k
Current assets£189.7k£102.7k
Cash£160.7k£72.0k
Debtors£29.0k£30.7k
Net assets£73.2k£79.8k

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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
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  2. 2024-08-01
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  3. 2023-10-23
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  4. 2023-10-13
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-07-26
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  6. 2022-07-14
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  7. 2022-05-05
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  8. 2022-05-05
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  10. 2022-05-05
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  11. 2021-04-30
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  12. 2020-04-22
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  13. 2020-03-06
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    address · AD01
  14. 2019-12-04
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    address · AD01
  15. 2019-10-29
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  16. 2019-04-30
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  17. 2019-04-29
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    address · AD01
  18. 2015-07-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBA MOTORCYCLE EQUIPMENT UK LTD
  19. 2015-07-21
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    BURDETT, Alan George appointed
    director
  20. 2015-07-21
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    BURDETT, Paul Alan appointed
    director
  21. 2015-07-21
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    BURDETT, Stephen Paul appointed
    director
  22. 2015-07-21
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    BURDETT, Vivienne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan George Burdett
Individual · British · DOB 11/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
Mr Paul Burdett
Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016
Mrs Vivian Burdett
Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Burdett
Individual · British · DOB 10/1984 · age 42
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-07-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC30910 — SIC 30910

Registered office

Suite 76 Waterhouse Business Centre
2 Cromar Way
Chelmsford
CM1 2QE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

BURDETT, Alan George→
director · ~75y · appointed 2015-07-21
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Active
BURDETT, Paul Alan→
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-07-21
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Active
BURDETT, Stephen Paul→
director · ~42y · appointed 2015-07-21
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Active
BURDETT, Vivienne→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-07-21
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Recent filings (33 total)

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2025-11-17
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accounts · AA
2025-06-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-01
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-10-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-30
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accounts · AA
2023-07-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-05
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officers · CH01
2022-05-05
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officers · CH01
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