ABA INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09875270 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-17
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
£22.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 03220
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 08120SIC 08120
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -36% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £22,488
Cash YoY
-36%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£9k
↓ 36% YoY
Net Worth
£22k
↑ 136% YoY
Current Assets
£28k
↑ 95% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£11k£17k£23k£28kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£22.5k£9.5k
Current assets£28.2k£14.4k
Cash£9.2k£14.4k
Debtors£19.0k—
Net assets£22.5k£9.5k

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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-24
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-10-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-10-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-10-24
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2025-10-23
    ➖
    STYLES-HUDSON, Samantha Jade resigned
    director
  7. 2025-06-02
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-06-02
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-11-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2022-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-08-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-09-01
    ➕
    STYLES-HUDSON, Dale Anthony appointed
    director
  19. 2017-09-01
    ➕
    STYLES-HUDSON, Elaine appointed
    director
  20. 2016-03-21
    ➖
    SHAW, Martin Matthew resigned
    director
  21. 2016-03-21
    ➕
    STYLES-HUDSON, Samantha Jade appointed
    director
  22. 2015-11-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ABA INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  23. 2015-11-17
    ➕
    SHAW, Martin Matthew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mrs Elaine Styles-Hudson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1955 · age 71
—25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control · trust interest · firm interest23/10/2025
Mr Dale Anthony Styles-Hudson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/10/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Miss Samantha Jade Styles-Hudsonceased 01/10/2024· significant influence

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
Incorporated2015-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC03220 — SIC 03220

Registered office

Elda House Ramsey Road
Farcet
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire
PE7 3DZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

STYLES-HUDSON, Dale Anthony→
director · ~73y · appointed 2017-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STYLES-HUDSON, Elaine→
director · ~71y · appointed 2017-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAW, Martin Matthew→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-11-17 · resigned 2016-03-21
Resigned
STYLES-HUDSON, Samantha Jade→
director · ~41y · appointed 2016-03-21 · resigned 2025-10-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-24
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-10-24
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-02
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-08