AFRICA BALKANS TRADE AND CULTURE CENTRE LTD

💤Zombieactive
10109940 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-07
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 May 2025
Net worth
£100.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45400
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 82302Activities of conference organisers
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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, 4 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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 7 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
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
77
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 £100,000
Net assets shrinking
Down £122,336 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£100k
↓ 55% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£44k£89k£133k£178k£222kApr 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-072024-04-30
Total assets£100.0k£222.3k
Current assets—£10.0k
Net assets£100.0k£222.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
  2. 2026-02-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-02-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-02-24
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2024-04-03
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2024-04-02
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2024-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-03-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-09-30
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-03-16
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-03-09
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-02-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-02-01
    ➖
    MBELLA MBOME, Stan Emmanuel resigned
    director
  16. 2021-07-02
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  17. 2021-07-01
    ➖
    KAIGAMA, Benjamin resigned
    director
  18. 2021-07-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-07-01
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  20. 2021-06-29
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  21. 2020-09-19
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2020-08-20
    ➕
    KAIGAMA, Benjamin appointed
    director
  23. 2020-08-20
    ➕
    MBELLA MBOME, Stan Emmanuel appointed
    director
  24. 2020-02-20
    ➖
    AFAGA MABEN, Gilles Didier resigned
    director
  25. 2020-02-20
    ➖
    BELLE NGOH, Lazare Stephan, Rev resigned
    director
  26. 2019-10-01
    ➕
    AFAGA MABEN, Gilles Didier appointed
    director
  27. 2019-10-01
    ➕
    BELLE NGOH, Lazare Stephan, Rev appointed
    director
  28. 2018-11-21
    ➖
    DIABATE, Aboubakar resigned
    director
  29. 2018-05-04
    ➕
    DIABATE, Aboubakar appointed
    director
  30. 2017-10-20
    ➖
    NKIGOUM, Serges Ledoux resigned
    director
  31. 2017-03-31
    ➕
    NKIGOUM, Serges Ledoux appointed
    director
  32. 2016-04-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AFRICA BALKANS TRADE AND CULTURE CENTRE LTD
  33. 2016-04-07
    ➕
    MBELLA MBOME, Manfred appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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 recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2025-02-24: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Manfred Mbella Mbome
Individual · Irish · DOB 02/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest06/04/2017

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
Incorporated2016-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45400 — SIC 45400

Registered office

1 1 Cumberland Close
9 Kewsick Lodge
London
E81 3TE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-05-07
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

MBELLA MBOME, Manfred→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AFAGA MABEN, Gilles Didier→
director · ~50y · appointed 2019-10-01 · resigned 2020-02-20
Resigned
BELLE NGOH, Lazare Stephan, Rev→
director · ~36y · appointed 2019-10-01 · resigned 2020-02-20
Resigned
DIABATE, Aboubakar→
director · ~41y · appointed 2018-05-04 · resigned 2018-11-21
Resigned
KAIGAMA, Benjamin→
director · ~52y · appointed 2020-08-20 · resigned 2021-07-01
Resigned
MBELLA MBOME, Stan Emmanuel→
director · ~25y · appointed 2020-08-20 · resigned 2022-02-01
Resigned
NKIGOUM, Serges Ledoux→
director · ~45y · appointed 2017-03-31 · resigned 2017-10-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2026-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-18
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-04-03
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-30