ABC CODE LTD

💤Zombieactive
10823934 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-16
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 56103Take-away food shops and mobile food stands
  • 56290Other food services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-06-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2020-05-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2020-05-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2020-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-10
    MADEMDZHIEV, Atanas Rangelov resigned
    director
  12. 2019-11-13
    KUZMANOV, Boyan Doykov resigned
    director
  13. 2019-11-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-11-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2019-05-16
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    address · AD01
  16. 2019-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2018-09-01
    ZAROV, Sava Georgiev appointed
    director
  19. 2017-06-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ABC CODE LTD
  20. 2017-06-16
    KUZMANOV, Boyan Doykov appointed
    director
  21. 2017-06-16
    MADEMDZHIEV, Atanas Rangelov appointed
    director
  22. 2017-06-16
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
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.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sava Georgiev Zarov
Individual · Bulgarian · DOB 06/1979 · age 47
sig. influencesignificant influence16/06/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Atanas Rangelov Mademdzhievceased 10/05/2020· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
  • Mr Boyan Doykov Kuzmanovceased 13/11/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-06-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

10 London Road
Twickenham
TW1 3RR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

ZAROV, Sava Georgiev
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-09-01
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Active
KUZMANOV, Boyan Doykov
director · ~49y · appointed 2017-06-16 · resigned 2019-11-13
Resigned
MADEMDZHIEV, Atanas Rangelov
director · ~55y · appointed 2017-06-16 · resigned 2020-05-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-06-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-05-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-05-19