ABSAIL PARTNERS LTD

💤Zombieactive
09898096 · ltd · incorporated 2015-12-02
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -93% 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, 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
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
30 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,282
Very low cash
Cash position: £38
Cash draining
Cash down 93% YoY
Cash YoY
-93%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£38
↓ 93% YoY
Net Worth
£1k
↑ 114% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 4.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£9k-£5k-£1k£3k£6k£10kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.3k£-9.0k
Current assets£9.7k£10.3k
Cash£38£543
Debtors£9.6k£9.6k
Net assets£1.3k£-9.0k

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

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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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-12-01
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-02
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-12-02
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-09-21
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-27
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-25
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-01
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    address · AD01
  11. 2020-02-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-10-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2017-10-31
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    officers · CH01
  17. 2015-12-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ABSAIL PARTNERS LTD
  18. 2015-12-02
    WARNER, Eric David, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Eric David Warner
Individual · British · DOB 05/1951 · age 75
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-12-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

St Andrews Castle Suite G4
33 St Andrews Street
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 3PH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-15
Last: 2025-12-01

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WARNER, Eric David, Dr
director · ~75y · appointed 2015-12-02
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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-02